different between pigmeat vs swineflesh

English

Etymology

pig +? meat

Noun

pigmeat (usually uncountable, plural pigmeats)

1. The meat or flesh of a pig, used especially for food; pork.
   • 1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Penguin (1988), Perigee Books, ?ISBN, page 151:

     A fire burned on the rock and fat dripped from the roasting pigmeat into the invisible flames.

   • 1995, George Reigel, "Updates", Field & Stream, September 1995:

     The real purpose of this exorbitant barrel of pigmeat is to placate West Virginia politicians who complain their state doesn't get enough pork.

   • 2001, Lee Langley, Distant Music, Vintage (2002), ?ISBN, page 299:

     'Oh, Gideon, you know why. I do think that on the day you're taking the kosher plunge you should keep off the pigmeat.'

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pigmeat.

Synonyms

• swineflesh

English

Alternative forms

• swine flesh, swine-flesh

Etymology

From Middle English swinflesch, equivalent to swine +? flesh. Compare German Schweinefleisch (“pork”), Danish svineflæsk. More at swine, flesh.

Noun

swineflesh (uncountable)

1. The flesh or meat of a pig; pork.
   • 1886, Stanley Lane-Poole, The story of the Moors in Spain:

     If Malaga fell, then the Alhambra must also pass into the hands of the "eaters of swineflesh."

   • 1918, Padraic Colum, Homer, The children's Homer:

     Eumaeus carved the swineflesh, giving the best portion to Odysseus whom he treated as the guest of honor.

   • 1943, Edison Marshall, Great Smith: Issue 689:

     "Don't you know, you giaour dog, the thing e'en more repellent than swineflesh to a virtuous daughter of Islam?

   • 2007, James D. Tabor, The Jesus Dynasty:

     “Abstain from swineflesh, blood, things offered to idols, and carrion”

   • 2010, Kai Borrmann, Jews in the Quran:

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

Synonyms

• pigmeat