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PIG RUNNING

Specialty Definition: PIG RUNNING

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Slang in 1811

PIG RUNNING. A piece of game frequently practised at fairs, wakes, &c. A large pig, whose tail is cut short, and both soaped and greased, being turned out, is hunted by the young men and boys, and becomes the property of him who can catch and hold him by. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: PIG RUNNING

Specialty definitions using "PIG RUNNING": Death from Strange Causes. (references)

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Photo Album: PIG RUNNING

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26' plastic pig running shore line in Pillsbury Sound Note man on bow watching out for coral heads and rocks Launch off of WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Anagrams: PIG RUNNING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-g-i-i-n-n-n-p-r-u"

-2 letters: grinning, inurning.

-3 letters: ginning, girning, griping, gunning, inuring, pinging, pinning, pruning, punning, purging, ringing, rinning, ruining, running.

-4 letters: inning, piggin, pining, riping, urging.

-5 letters: inurn, iring, piing, purin, ruing, unpin, unrig, unrip.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PIG RUNNING


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 49 47      52 55 4E 4E 49 4E 47

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001001 01000111 00100000 01010010 01010101 01001110 01001110 01001001 01001110 01000111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#73 &#71 &#32 &#82 &#85 &#78 &#78 &#73 &#78 &#71

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0049 0047      0052 0055 004E 004E 0049 004E 0047

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

504341252554848434841

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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