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shoat

also shote  (shōt)
n.
A young pig just after weaning.
[Middle English shote, perhaps of Middle Low German origin.]
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shoat

(ʃəʊt) or

shote

n
(Agriculture) a piglet that has recently been weaned
[C15: related to West Flemish schote]
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shoat

(ʃoʊt)

n.
a young, weaned pig.
[1375–1425]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shoat - a young pigshoat - a young pig        
piggy, piglet, shote
young mammal - any immature mammal
genus Sus, Sus - type genus of the Suidae
sucking pig - an unweaned piglet
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shoat

n (US: = piglet) → Ferkel nt, → junges Schwein
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When he returned, the big, kindly man came with him, and in Martin's arms there squealed and wriggled a shoat.
"That's what he said," nodded Peter, carefully switching his navy plug to the opposite cheek before settling down to reply, "and sez I, 'Why, Martin, what d'ye want o' that there shoat? You ain't got nothin' to keep her on!' 'If I can borrow the pig,' sez he, 'I reckon I can borrow the feed somewheres.' God knows, he'll find that ain't so plentiful, but he's got the right idea.
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A swine of God fattened upon the sweat of such poor honest devils as we, and a young shoat who, by his looks, must have pieces of gold in his belt.
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One of them swung me to his shoulder as lightly as if I had been a shoat. He was a huge creature, as were his fellows, standing fully seven feet upon his short legs and weighing considerably more than a quarter of a ton.
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There were two tickled shoats in the slop trough that night.
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Assessing the impact of aflatoxin consumption on animal health and productivity
Dallas, TX, April 09, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Dallas-based Gulf Coast Western, LLC announced today it has acquired a 50 percent working interest in certain assets and partnered with Dallas-based Northcote Energy Ltd to accelerate and expand Northcote's drilling operations in the Shoats Creek Field located in Southwest Louisiana.
Gulf Coast Western Acquires Additional Oil Assets in Southwestern Louisiana
8 April 2016 - Dallas, Texas-based oil company Gulf Coast Western, LLC has acquired a 50% working interest in certain assets and partnered with Dallas-based energy company Northcote Energy Ltd to accelerate and expand Northcote's drilling operations in the Shoats Creek Field located in Southwest Louisiana, the company said.
Gulf Coast Western Buys 50% Working Interest in Certain Northcote Energy Well
women [to] sell the majority of shoats as well as khat and [to] control a significant proportion of the charcoal trade..." (p.
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