hog scraper

noun — 2 senses

hog scraper

noun

1

A tool used to clean a hog after slaughter

2

A candlestick shaped like such a tool

This particular form or shape of candle-stick early became known as the "Hog Scraper," because of its usefulness at hog killing time as a scraper, or tool used by the farmers to remove the bristles after scalding the hog.1904, The Connecticut Magazine, Volume VIII, page 100:

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