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Thorntons An American Glossary. 1912, rev. 2022.
Pigs in clover
An emblem of contentment. The N.E.D. mentions (1900) the game so called.
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1813.
Canadians! then in droves come over,
And live henceforth like
pigs in clover.
Boston-Gazette,
Jan. 7.
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