Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One pig out of ten, paid as a tithe or church-rate.
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Examples
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You take them for tithe-pig parsons, when they are gentlemen of learning, and, like myself, graduates of Oxford.
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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You take them for tithe-pig parsons, when they are gentlemen of learning, and, like myself, graduates of Oxford.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Elbert Hubbard 1885
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He is the tithe-pig of his family, which the gallows, instead of the parson, claims as its due.
Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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"Dick is a fool," said he; "but he ne'er begged benison of an abbot, a bone from a starved dog, or a tithe-pig from a parson."
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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As most surely a tithe-pig, whate'er the world thinks, is
The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815
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a tithe-pig, and undo his neighbours, makes them spoil a whole province, and batter down goodly cities with the cannon.
The Duchess of Malfi 2007
qms commented on the word tithe-pig
For boys in the gentry of yore
Birth order told what was in store.
The first won the prize gig,
The last was the tithe-pig,
To serve in the church evermore.
October 21, 2017