Citations:pigfest

English citations of pigfest

Noun: "(informal) an instance of gorging or binge eating"

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  • 1996, Joy Horowitz, Tessie and Pearlie: A Granddaughter's Story, Touchstone (1996), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    Next to her cans of Ensure, there is also a Tupperware container she has ready for me to bring home—a veritable pigfest for my children.
  • 2000, Ironman's Ultimate Guide to Bodybuilding Nutrition, McGraw-Hill Education (2000), →ISBN, page 71:
    The two days become a virtual pigfest, during which pretty much anything is fair game to eat — Burger King sandwiches, McDonald's fries, Dairy Queen banana splits, all the Dunkin' Donuts holes you want, pizza, chocolate, soda pop, and even sugar sandwiches!
  • 2001, Anthony Bourdain, A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal, Bloomsbury (2001), →ISBN, page 158:
    Mr Tomotsuna was making a soup of tuna and vegetables for lunch the day I visited – a fairly sensible choice for Calista Flockheart, I thought, but hardly the bulk-inducing pigfest I'd imagined.
  • 2006, Sarah Grace McCandless, The Girl I Wanted to Be, Simon & Schuster (2006), →ISBN, page 5:
    Mom and my dad's sister, Helen, and her three kids, Kristen, John, and Mark, went into town for groceries to make side dishes for our pigfest, cheesy baked carrots and Caesar salad.
  • 2008, Valerie Frankel, Fringe Benefits, NAL Jam (2008), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    Seemed much healthier than Jorge's starvation-into-pigfest.
  • 2008, Martin Wilson, What They Always Tell Us, Delacorte Press (2008), →ISBN, page 87:
    He's actually hungry again, too, even after the pigfest from yesterday.
  • 2013, Tory Johnson, The Shift: How I Finally Lost Weight and Discovered a Happier Life, Hachette Books (2014), →ISBN, unnumbered pages:
    Only six months ago, I would have used a friend's objection as a perfect excuse to quit the plan and resume a pigfest. Oh, someone I like and trust doesn't approve of my diet? Screw this plan. Let's eat!

Noun: "(informal) a dish, meal, or course of meals containing pork"

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  • 2011, Ed Levine, Serious Eats: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Eating Delicious Food Wherever You Are, Clarkson Potter/Publishers (2011), →ISBN, page 293:
    While bacon in sweets isn't a trend we're always happy with, the bacon here added just the right salty crunch, without turning the whole thing into a pigfest.
  • 2012, Johnnie Mountain, Pig: Cooking with a Passion for Pork, Duncan Baird Publishers (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    I have also been known to create a ten-course “pigfest” – a true celebration of the pig!

Noun: "(informal) a gathering or convergance of police officers"

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  • 1988, Hank De Zuttter, "Shirt store: a hopeful sign in Humboldt Park", Chicago Reader, 21 July 1988:
    "When we tried to buy shirts wholesale from the supplier, and he refused to sell to us . . . we sent our policeman partner over, and he got the shirts for us in his name. Being a policeman, he told 'em the shirts were for a pigfest. That's what they call their outdoor parties--pigfests. Anyway, now we've found a better shirt place to supply us.
  • 2012, James Patterson, Alex Cross, Little, Brown and Company (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    "What's going on? You heard anything?" I asked a man loitering along the way, a guy I recognized from a local bakery, where he was a counterman and where I sometimes bought jelly doughnuts for the kids. Not for myself, of course.
    "Pigfest," he said. "Cops everywhere. Just look around you, brother."

Noun: "(informal) an abundance of sleaziness and corruption"

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  • 2012, A. J. Zerries, Stealing from the Dead, Forge (2012), →ISBN, page 176:
    Your whole life is one uninterrupted pigfest of cheating, stealing, lying, and murder!