no prize pig

English

Noun

no prize pig

  1. (litotes) Said of a person who is decidedly unattractive or undesirable.
    • 2011, Richard Zelade, Lone Star Travel Guide to Central Texas, page 274:
      Jeptha Billingsley, who was no prize pig himself (he had been arrested for horse theft and assault with intent to murder), was to be taught a lesson, and the vigilantes made him cut down the McLemores.
    • 2012, R. Evans Pansing, Fact and Fiction: Fiction and Reality, page 29:
      After all Charlotte Arlene Hoggstett was no prize pig herself.

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.