: a young hog and especially one that has been weaned
Examples of shoat in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebDehairing a shoat is the sort of thing Crews knew all about, along with cooking possum, cleaning a rooster’s craw, making moonshine, trapping birds, tanning hides, and getting rid of screwworms.—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022 Another unique menu item is an entire roasted shoat, by advance order only.—Susan Dunne, courant.com, 19 May 2021
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English schot, shote projectile, young branch, young weaned pig — more at shoot
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