A young sow (female pig) or a small pig, used in some English dialects.
Possibly a diminutive form derived from 'gorge' or related to dialectal pig terminology. The suffix '-lin' or '-ling' commonly indicates a younger or smaller version of something.
Many old English dialect words for animals use diminutive suffixes like '-lin' or '-let,' creating a whole secret vocabulary that farmers used to describe different ages and sizes of farm animals!
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