Tantony-pig Definition

noun

1838, Benjamin Webster, Acting National Drama.

I'm not going to tankety-tankety after his tail, like a Tantony pig any more.

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1984, Richard Fitzneale, Dialogus De Scaccario: The Course of the Exchequer and Constitutio Domus Regis (the Establishment of the Royal Household)

This system (which had the disadvantage of discouraging good farming, since the worst animal — the 'Tantony pig' — counted for as much as the best) was only applicable when the court was in constant progress.

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2002, Murray J Levith, Shakespeare's Merchant and Marlowe's Other Play in The Merchant of Venice: Critical Essays, ed John Mahon, Ellen MacLeod Mahon.

A “Tantony pig” is the smallest of a litter, a detail that might recall Antonio's description of himself in Shakespeare's play as the “tainted wether of the flock".

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Other Word Forms of Tantony-pig

Noun

Singular:

tantony-pig

Plural:

tantony pigs

Origin of Tantony-pig

Contraction of Saint Anthony's pig in honour of St Anthony, patron saint of swineherds, frequently shown with a little pig by his side.

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