tantony pig

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | 228 words | Copyright

tantony pig the smallest pig of a litter; a pig here is the emblem of St Anthony of Egypt, who is represented as the patron of swineherds, and often shown accompanied by a pig. Tantony is from an alteration of the saint's name.

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