swine

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noun

Plural noun:

swineswines

1.
(plural swine) A pig (the animal).
The Zimmerman farm introduced swine to their husbandry.
2.
(derogatory)A contemptible person (plural swine or swines).
3.
(derogatory, slang)A police officer; a "pig".
4.
(derogatory, slang)Something difficult or awkward; a pain.
That old car is a swine to manoeuvre.
5.
(archaic, form of, plural)plural of sow

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From Middle English swyn, swin; from Old English swīn; from *swīn; from Proto-Germanic *swīną; from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH- (pig).