pig in a blanket

noun phrase

plural pigs in a blanket or pigs in blankets

: a frankfurter served in a wrapper of baked dough

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Jeff’s vision for the New Era game seems to be to dilute the opportunity for strategy and politics as much as possible and replace it with a weeklong bender at Foxwoods that comes with a voucher for unlimited pigs in a blanket. —

Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024 Their meat can be used for pigs in a blanket, breakfast sausage, pork sliders and any other recipe that pork is known to use. —

Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 10 June 2024 Get The Recipe 21 of 35 Sausage Rolls These fun-size bites are similar to pigs in a blanket but with even more breakfast flavor. —

Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024 Waiters served chorizo pigs in a blanket, potato pancakes with apple sauce, and salmon with caviar on corn blinis as legendary pianist Dom Salvador played on. —

Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pig in a blanket

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pig in a blanket was in 1926

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