sausager

English

Etymology

sausage +‎ -er.

Noun

sausager (plural sausagers)

  1. A pig or other animal raised to produce meat for sausages.
    Coordinate terms: baconer, porker
    • 1888, American Agriculturist, volume 47, page 375:
      This cow should be retained as long as she profitably pays her keep, then sold as a "sausager" for what she will bring; for we hold that no man ever fattened an old dairy cow to a profit.
    • 2007, Agrekon, volumes 46-47, page 216:
      Pigs destined for the processed products market usually have a carcase mass of 65 kg and higher (usually larger baconers, heavy baconers and sausagers).
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