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Meaning of hedgy-boar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A hedgehog.

Cornwall, Devon, archaic

Examples

“Aw loar! the owld gipsies what do live 'pon hedgyboors and that soort of mait, was more betterer off then we wor was regaard to livin'.”
“He sought where grew, in aspect lew, / The skedgwith and the scow, / And he routed the sleepy hedgy-boar, / And the lively padgypaow.”
“Billy was a forthy fellow, prickly as a hedgyboar.”

CEFR level

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