a young, weaned pig
Origin of shoat
Middle English schote, akin to Flemish from uncertain or unknown; perhapsshoat
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shoat
also shote
noun
A young pig just after weaning.
Origin of shoat
Middle English shote perhaps of Middle Low German originTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
Of unknown origin. Perhaps cognate with West Flemish schote "˜young piglet'.
Noun
(plural shoats)
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