hogling

English

Etymology

From Middle English *hogling, hoggelin, hoglin, hogelyn, equivalent to hog +‎ -ling.

Noun

hogling (plural hoglings)

1. A young, immature, or diminutive hog.
   • 1986, Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, volume 32, page 810:

     The depositions give no evidence of Easter hoglings, nor of visits outside the parish, though both may have occurred.