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hog score

noun

Definition of HOG SCORE

:  a line which is marked across a curling rink seven yards from the tee and beyond which a stone must pass or be removed from the ice —called also hog line
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Origin of HOG SCORE

1hog (curling stone that fails to reach the score)
First Known Use: 1685

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