hoggin

/ ˈhɒɡɪŋ; ˈhɒɡɪn /

noun

1. a finely sifted gravel containing enough clay binder for it to be used in its natural form for making paths or roads

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoggin¹

C19: perhaps the same as hogging from hog in the sense of arching the back, from the shape given to a road to facilitate drainage

Example Sentences

What Jemsheed would have said to a bottle of port out of our friend Hoggin's cellar—but I tread on sacred ground.

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You done a fine job of hoggin', didn't you?

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Well, sir, you’d think every man in Arizona, when he heard what they was doin’, would do everythin’ in his power to help ’em along, even to runnin’ a Dos S on an orehanna once in a while instead of hoggin’ it himself; but they’s fellers in this world, I’m convinced, that would steal milk from a sick baby!”

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Soon after Logan’s expedition to the Holston, other messengers were sent to the East, clamoring for help––McGary and Hoggin to Fort Pitt, and Smith to the Yadkin; and twice Harrod vainly went forth to meet expected troops.

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Of course, I could ask more, an' take a wide chance, but I ain't hoggin' things.

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