porkman

C2+ Topic:Work & Careers
US /ˈpɔrkmən/ UK /ˈpɔːkmən/
noun Freq #1165049

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who produces and sells pork.

    You said distinctly, “I shall see Wright," madam, and in our peculiar position, I should be wrong not to insist on knowing who is Wright. Susan. Wright! —oh, perhaps I did — Wright's the name of the porkman. Downey. The porkman's Wright, is he?

Etymology

From pork + -man.

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