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Meaning of cold pig | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The act of throwing cold water over a sleeping individual to wake them.

dated, slang

Examples

“Pedestres tossed off the clothes and jumped out of bed as if they had dealt him a "cold pig:" — he bounced between them all to the other side of the room, and hastily thrust himself into that which was offered to him.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cold pole cold press cold prickly cold rain process cold read cold reading

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