Translations for „porkie“ in the English » German Dictionary

porkie [ˈpɔ:ki] N usu pl Brit hum rhyming sl

porkie → porky

See also porky

I . porky [ˈpɔ:ki, Am ˈpɔ:rki] ADJ pej inf

porky

fett

hey, look at that porky little boy

hey, schau dir mal den kleinen Fettsack an pej inf

II . porky [ˈpɔ:ki, Am ˈpɔ:rki] N

1. porky Am inf:

porky

Stachelschwein nt

2. porky Brit hum rhyming sl:

porky

Lüge[ngeschichte] f

have you been telling them porkies again?

hast du denen schon wieder Märchen erzählt? inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She shouldn't tell porkie pies.

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Being so silly and telling little porkie-pies?

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But it turned out that wasn't the only porkie he'd told.

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You got caught trying to pull a fast one and now you're trying another porkie.

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There's a small porkie in that last sentence.

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We all know that if a congenital liar tells one porkie, they'll do it again and again.

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Hopefully this was not a second porkie.

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