pig in a blanket
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2.1
- noun
- /pɪg ɪn ə ˈblæŋkɪt/
- US
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salchicha envuelta
- For the party, I served pigs in a blanket as a tasty appetizer.
- want pigs in a blanket
- make pigs in a blanket
I don't know, but there's just endless bowls of pigs in a blanket in a baseball game.
- I don't know, but there's just endless bowls of pigs in a blanket in a baseball game.
- Let's do a power hour with pigs in a blanket.
Examples
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A few minutes later, Ruthie pulled up with pigs in blankets, brownies, and a huge watermelon.
Fiction book (2000) -
Who's up for pigs in a blanket?
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Order me up some of them pigs in a blanket.
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I need three pigs in a blanket.
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I never start a day without pigs in a blanket.
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Try one of these pigs in a blanket.
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I made pigs in a blanket.
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Because there's a plate of pigs in a blanket about to come through that door.
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- We're having pigs in a blanket and chocolate pudding tarts.
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A tray would go around with pigs in a blanket, or Ritz Crackers sprayed with Snack Mate Cheddar Cheese Spread.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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3.1
A small cold pie filled with seasoned pork
Small sausages wrapped in bacon or dough and baked
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'pig' (pork/animal) and 'in a blanket' (wrapped or covered) give a clear image of something from pig being wrapped, so learners could infer a wrapped pork product. However, the specific conventional meaning — a small sausage or hot dog wrapped in pastry — depends on cultural/culinary knowledge (and the metonymic shift from 'pig' to processed pork/sausage), so the exact referent is not fully predictable from the parts alone.
Etymology
Pig in a blanket comes from the funny image of a little sausage (a pig) wrapped in dough or bacon like a blanket. That's why the name is used for a small baked 'snack' of a sausage or hot dog wrapped in pastry or bacon.