Definitions

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  • noun The flesh or meat of a pig; pork.

Etymologies

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From Middle English swinflesch, equivalent to swine +‎ flesh. Compare German Schweinefleisch ("pork"). More at swine, flesh.

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Examples

  • Such compulsion would hardly have been less odious to a Mussulman than to a Hindoo; for swineflesh is abominable to the one, and the cow a sacred animal to the other.

    Great Britain and Her Queen Annie E. Keeling

  • Eumæus carved the swineflesh, giving the best portion to Odysseus whom he treated as the guest of honour.

    The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Padraic Colum 1926

  • Eumæus carved the swineflesh, giving the best portion to Odysseus whom he treated as the guest of honour.

    Part II. Chapter VIII 1918

  • P: Forbidden unto you (for food) are carrion and blood and swineflesh, and that which hath been dedicated unto any other than Allah, and the strangled, and the dead through beating, and the dead through falling from a height, and that which hath been killed by (the goring of) horns, and the devoured of wild beasts, saving that which ye make lawful (by the death-stroke), and that which hath been immolated unto idols.

    Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902

  • P: Say: I find not in that which is revealed unto me aught prohibited to an eater that he eat thereof, except it be carrion, or blood poured forth, or swineflesh - for that verily is foul - or the abomination which was immolated to the name of other than Allah.

    Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902

  • P: He hath forbidden for you only carrion and blood and swineflesh and that which hath been immolated in the name of any other than Allah; but he who is driven thereto, neither craving nor transgressing, lo! then

    Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902

  • P: He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah.

    Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902

  • Also, the dietary laws of Islam, as quoted in the Qu’ran, echo the teachings of James in Acts 15 almost word for word: “Abstain from swineflesh, blood, things offered to idols, and carrion” Qu’ran 2:172.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • Also, the dietary laws of Islam, as quoted in the Qu’ran, echo the teachings of James in Acts 15 almost word for word: “Abstain from swineflesh, blood, things offered to idols, and carrion” Qu’ran 2:172.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • The report quotes 'Othman as saying: "I personally tend to believe that the pigs living today are descended from those Jews, and that is why Allah forbade us to eat them, saying,' Forbidden unto you [for food] are carrion and blood and swineflesh [Koran 5: 3]. '

    Yoni the Blogger 2009

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