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I'm not certain of the context; with WS it always has the
possibility of being lewd. Most likely, though, it refers to
acorns. Many poor farmers would release their pigs into the woods
to fatten up on acorns; this led to some fairly convoluted laws on
ownership of livestock.Posted by parolles on March 26, 1997 at 06:39:13
In Reply to "Pignut? What is it?" posted by Bernard Hastings on March 23, 1997 at 17:47:06
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