prize pig
Award-winning farm hog
A prize pig is a pig that has won or is worthy of winning a competition, typically at agricultural fairs where livestock are judged for size, conformation, and breeding quality.
Figuratively, prize pig describes someone fattened up or pampered, often with a note of mockery: They're treating him like a prize pig before the shareholders' meeting.
- hogSwine, or monopolize
- sowImplant in earth
- boarUndomesticated male swine
- farm animalDomesticated rural creature
- ribbonsNarrow fabric strips
county fair · blue ribbon · livestock · champion · snout · mud · trough · oink · breeding · judging · rosette · bacon · farmyard · 4-H · show ring · state fair · swine · fattened
- awardsaward, awards, winner, winners, trophy
- fairgroundsfairground, ferris wheel, carousel, cotton candy, funnel cake
- state fairsstate fair, Minnesota State Fair, Texas State Fair, fairgrounds, midway
- livestock showsstock show, livestock show, livestock shows, showring, show ring
prize pigrunt
Undersized offspring
runt of the litter · cull · reject · scrub · also-ran
prize pigloser
Defeated competitor
failure · also-ran · reject · disgrace · laughingstock
prize pigwhite elephant
Burdensome, useless possession
embarrassment · failure · disappointment · black sheep · albatross
prize, pig, prizes, prized, prizing, pigs, pigged, pigging, piggish