mine pig

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   pig iron made entirely from ore

   Broaderpig iron

Questions about mine pig

What does mine pig mean?

mine pig means "pig iron made entirely from ore".

Is mine pig a common word?

mine pig is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.