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pig noun ( UNPLEASANT PERSON )
/pɪg/ n [C] Definition
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informal a person who is unpleasant and difficult to deal withHe was an absolute pig to her.
He's a real pig of a man.
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offensive a police officerbe a pig to do/play, etc.
UK informal to be very difficult or unpleasant to do/play, etc
It's a beautiful piece of music but it's a pig to play.
(Definition of pig noun (UNPLEASANT PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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