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HOGG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hogg mean?
• HOGG (noun)
The noun HOGG has 2 senses:
1. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)
2. a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
Familiarity information: HOGG used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hogg; James Hogg
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("hogg" is a kind of...):
lamb (young sheep)
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