dying pig
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
dying pig (plural dying pigs)
- A rubber balloon designed to emit a squealing noise as it deflates.
- 1902, Clifton Fremont Hodge, Nature Study and Life, page 57:
- If the blowing is too tiresome, the blowpipe may be attached to a "dying pig" or a toy rubber balloon, the inflation of which will keep up a constant pressure until the skin is dry.