Meaning of long pig | Babel Free

Definitions

Human flesh used by cannibals as meat.

countable, euphemistic, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“"As a long pig!" I exclaimed in surprise; "why what does he mean by that?" "He means somethin' very unpleasant," answered Bill with a frown.”

“If we were reckless enough to risk being served up as "long pig" by the savages of Malekula, that was our lookout, not his.”

“While Melanesian cannibals make "long pig," barbecuing enemies, legal and political cannibals in San Francisco put a beautiful wealthy woman, Penny Penny Hill, on trial for murder […]”

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