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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
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Word History
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above
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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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