Meaning of tantony pig | Babel Free

Definitions

The favourite or smallest pig in the litter.

obsolete, slang

Examples

“And to follow⟳ the delicious breeze like⟳ a tantony pig .”

“I'm not going to tankety-tankety after his tail, like⟳ a Tantony pig any more.”

“This system (which had the disadvantage of discouraging good farming, since the worst animal — the 'Tantony pig' — counted for as much as the best) was only applicable when the court was in constant progress⟳.”

“2002, Murray J Levith, Shakespeare's Merchant and Marlowe's Other Play⟳ in The Merchant of Venice: Critical Essays, ed John Mahon, Ellen MacLeod Mahon A “Tantony pig” is the smallest of a litter, a detail that might recall⟳ Antonio's description of himself in Shakespeare's play⟳ as the “tainted wether of the flock".”

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