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A West Indian dish, consisting of a hog roasted whole, stuffed with spice, and basted with Madeira wine. Any animal roasted whole is so called.
“Oldfield, with more than harpy throat subdued,
Cries, ‘Send me, ye gods, a whole hog barbecued!ʹ”
Pope: Satires, ii. 25, 26.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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