Definitions

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)
  • noun a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Hogg.

Examples

  • My opinion of Boss Hogg is he is one of the most REDNECK racists politicians I have ever seen.

    Barbour: Obama, Congress 'the most liberal' ever 2010

  • Quintin Hogg, later Lord Hailsham, may have been something of a maverick in his day, but he was able, in 1979, on the cusp of becoming Margaret Thatcher's Lord Chancellor, to call upon experience of politics and elections going back to 1924.

    Archive 2008-06-08 2008

  • Quintin Hogg, later Lord Hailsham, may have been something of a maverick in his day, but he was able, in 1979, on the cusp of becoming Margaret Thatcher's Lord Chancellor, to call upon experience of politics and elections going back to 1924.

    Thirty Years On We Have Stood Still 2008

  • He was cast as a wealthy parasite and idle traitor, The roll of shame includes Quintin Hogg who compared him to Lord Haw Haw and Duff Copper who got the BBC to refer to him as Play boy.

    Boris, Wodehouse and Polly Newmania 2007

  • Mulkey-Robertson, who took over at Baylor from ex-Tech coach Hogg, inherited a program that had modest successes but had never reached the NCAA Tournament and went 7-20 in Hogg's last season.

    USATODAY.com - Mulkey-Robertson understands how to win 2005

  • I can recall, on one occasion, a number of students re-entering the building after a boozy afternoon at the Jolly Miller tavern in Hogg's Hollow.

    Medical Malpractice—Is There a Crisis? 1989

  • It has been described by Quintin Hogg in these words

    The Role of the Opposition in Parliament 1949

  • Quintin Hogg, an outstanding member of the British Parliament has given the answer in these words: Countries cannot be fully free until they have an organized Opposition.

    The Role of the Opposition in Parliament 1949

  • ’ (Mr Quintin Hogg M.P., in his pamphlet The Times We Live In.)

    As I Please 1945

  • We are hearing through various sources that Edward Hogg is the first actor to be cast in Roland Emmerich’s upcoming Elizabethan political-thriller Anonymous.

    Edward Hogg Cast in Roland Emmerich’s Upcoming Shakespeare Film ANONYMOUS – Collider.com 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.