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pigs in blankets

pigs in blankets

2.7
Small sausages wrapped in bacon or dough and baked
  • noun
  • /pɪɡz ɪn ˈblæŋkɪts/
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  • At the family gathering, everyone enjoyed the pigs in blankets baked with crispy bacon.

Ross Potatoes, stuffing crazy pigs in blankets, gravy.

Examples

  • And then we had the buffet, beginning with the meatless pigs in blankets.

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  • For the party, I prepared a tray of pigs in blankets made with sausage and dough.

  • Ross Potatoes, stuffing crazy pigs in blankets, gravy.

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  • Mackies, Pigs in blankets, crisps, Turkey and stuffing because at the time Alfie was saying he was really hungry and I saw those by the till.

  • The appetizer platter featured pigs in blankets that were perfectly golden and delicious.

Synonyms

pig in a blanket
vspigs in blankets
  • US
6 2.1

A small sausage wrapped in dough and baked as a snack

refers to several small sausages wrapped and cooked for sharing

Surface Forms

pigs in blankets singular
pigs in blankets plural

Morphology

pig + in + blanket

The literal constituents ('pig' + 'in' + 'blanket') signal something from pig that is enclosed or covered, and 'blanket' can be metaphorically understood as a covering (e.g., bacon or dough), so a learner can partially infer a food item wrapped in something. However, the exact reference to small sausages or frankfurters (not whole pigs) and the conventional culinary use is culturally specific and not fully predictable from the parts, so prior exposure is needed for full understanding.

Etymology

Pigs in blankets comes from a simple picture: small sausages, the pigs, wrapped snugly in pastry or bacon, the blankets. That's why the name means 'small sausages wrapped and cooked'.