Meaning of pig-sticking | Babel Free

Definitions

The hunting of boars.

India, colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable

Examples

“Swankey of the Body Guard himself, that dangerous youth, and the greatest buck of all the Indian army now on leave⟳, was one day discovered by Major Dobbin tête-à-tête with Amelia, and describing the sport of pig-sticking to her with great humour and eloquence […]”

“Have⟳ you heard any word Of that bloke in the "Third" - Was it Sotherby, Sedgewick or Sim? They had him chucked out of a club in Bombay. But apart from his mess bills exceeding his pay⟳, He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way. I wonder⟳ what happened to him?”

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