| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HOGS-NORTON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | 1: Hogs-Norton A village in Oxfordshire, now called Hook Norton. I think you were born at Hogs-Norton. A re-proof to an ill-mannered person. 2: "I think thou wast born at Hoggs-Norton, where piggs play upon the organs." - Howell: English Proverbs, p. 16. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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