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Dec 25, 2003 | 02:20 PM

dono

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Need help with word

I started to put this in General, but since it is pig related, I'll ask for help here. There is a word that I've heard relatives and farmer friends use when talking about pigs. It sounds like it should be spelled SHOULT (rhymes with COLT) and I believe it refers to a small or young pig. I have searched dictionaries at home and on line and can not find it. Can any of you farm guys help me out?
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Dec 25, 2003 | 03:03 PM

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Shoat or Shote = A young Hog.

Dec 25, 2003 | 03:16 PM

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Thanks for posting that! Ever since I read Dono's thread It's been driving me crazy. I just couldn't think of the word.

Dec 25, 2003 | 03:29 PM

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I had to look it up, it's one of those things that if I didn't I would think of it a 0"Dark Thirty.

Dec 25, 2003 | 08:19 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by 4tl8ford
Shoat or Shote = A young Hog.

Thanks for the help. No one I asked around home had heard of the word, including both kids (so much for that college money). I spelled it every way but the right way and looked right over it in the dictionary. Usually I will just substitute for a word I can't find, but I just finished a very long story poem and I had to have THAT word (OK, I admit I'm a closet poet). Thanks for your help (and I'm sure the world of literature will appreciate it also).
Dono