Meaning of pig's ear | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The cooked ear of a pig, as used in a number of cuisines around the world.
   countable
2. Beer.
   Cockney, slang
3. A succulent of the genus Cotyledon.

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Examples

“While the Cockney landlord was putting the question: “Now, gentlemen, what is it—pig's ear, a needle an' pin, or a pimple an' blotch?” (beer, a drop of gin or a thimble of Scotch) one of the larky friends released the monkey from its chain.”

“The Indian breweries were producing rather more than 6 million gallons of beer annually: 3 million gallons of it was drunk by the British soldiery, who called it 'neck-oil', 'purge', or 'pig's ear', […]”

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