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#1 2006-07-08 18:08:37

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'hog tired' for 'hogtied'

To be hogtied is, figuratively, to be shackled or impeded. “Hog tired’ could have a similar meaning. Examples:

A Columnist Barks Up The Wrong Tree
... whose attitude and editorial policy are Catholic and whose opinions, in all matters touching religion, are, from first to last, hog-tired by the Church.
www.edwardtbabinski.us/essays/columnist.html

my uncles great . . like that time when i was little and he hog tired me ...
rasser.greatestjournal.com/21029.html

Hog tired and shoved into the trunk of Yngwie’s Volvo Bug, Kyle fell out of the back as Yngwie was driving to Canada …
profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=741524

Though not all kids are annoying…especially if you have them hog tired and duct taped. www.kingmegasite.com/archive/index.php/t-34573

I think they should of hog tired her behind and shoved her out the doors, sorry to be so harsh…
www.backstagejbj.com/forums/view_topic. … d=1&page=4

...and thus keep this organization hog tired with challenges just to get rid of one or two disruptors …
www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-full/Arc00/msg00363.html

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