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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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 There was a mountain lion stalking us, doing that back and forth walk, with its head and eyes staying fixed on us below like literal pigs in a blanket. Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 From the pigs in a blanket and the margaritas to the Jaguar XK120 roadster parked out front, every last festive detail was quintessentially Ralph Lauren. Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pig in a blanket 

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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

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“Pig in a blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pig%20in%20a%20blanket. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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