Synonyms for razorback
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : rey-zer-bak |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ zərˌbæk |
Top 10 synonyms for razorback Other synonyms for the word razorback
Définition of razorback
Origin :- type of pig with a sharp ridge-like back, 1849, from razor (n.) + back (n.). Especially of feral hogs in the U.S. South. Also used of narrow ridges of land.
- As in hog : noun pig
- Finally I struck a circus, and got an engagement as a razorback.
- Extract from : « The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus » by Horatio Alger Jr.
- The mainstay of every farmer, aside from his cornfield, was his litter of razorback hogs.
- Extract from : « Our Southern Highlanders » by Horace Kephart
- The razorback has a mind of his own; not instinct, but mind—whatever psychologists may say.
- Extract from : « Our Southern Highlanders » by Horace Kephart
- The razorback is a powerful hunter, and it does not require a powerful animal scent to draw the razorback to the trap.
- Extract from : « Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper » by Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
- The Razorback range is a very remarkable feature in this part of the country.
- Extract from : « Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 2 (of 2) » by Thomas Mitchell
- The razorback hog recalled early memories to me of the country I knew when I was a boy.
- Extract from : « The Flying Bo'sun » by Arthur Mason
- This is not the only way that the razorback gets in his work, and a good bit of work they get in too.
- Extract from : « Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper » by Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
- There had been certain portions of the razorback that they did not mean to take along with them.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie » by Herbert Carter
- Pickaninnies, starved dogs, mules, razorback hogs and malaria seemed to thrive along with the willow and pepper trees.
- Extract from : « The Yazoo Mystery » by Irving Craddock
- The scrub and "razorback" hogs are very unprofitable, and require an undue amount of food to produce a pound of gain.
- Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett
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