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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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 Think franks and blanks (a take on pigs in a blanket, but with beef) for the Super Bowl, mini potato puffs and cheese blintzes as a passed appetizer, or babka and (frozen) challah at brunch. —

Remy Tumin, New York Times, 19 Apr. 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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