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Definition: A PIG IN A POKE |
A PIG IN A POKE1. (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. [Colloq.] |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intention | Speculate, try one's luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke, shuffle the cards. |
Rashness | Take a leap in the dark, buy a pig in a poke. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: A PIG IN A POKE |
| Specialty definitions using "A PIG IN A POKE": Buying a Pig in a Poke ♦ POKE. (references) |
Expression using "A PIG IN A POKE": buy a pig in a poke. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "A PIG IN A POKE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | blej derr në thes (buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
Arabic | كمن يشتري سمك في ماء (buy a pig in a poke), إشترى دون تمحيص (buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | прахосвам си парите (buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
Czech | koupit zajíce v pytli (buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
Finnish | ostaa sika säkissä (buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
French | acheter un poisson dans l'eau (buy a pig in a poke), acheter sans vérification (buy a pig in a poke), acheter chat en poche (buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
German | die Katze im Sack kaufen (to buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
Greek | γουρούνι στο σακί. (various references) | |
Hebrew | חתול בשק. (various references) | |
Hungarian | zsákbamacska (blind bargain, lucky dip, lucky-bag, surprise packet). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay igpay inay aay okepay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lavagem para porcos (pigweed). (various references) | |
Romanian | cumpãra pisica în traistã (buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
Russian | покупать кота в мешке (buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kupiti mačku u džaku (buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
Spanish | a ciegas (blind, blindly), gato por liebre. (various references) | |
Swedish | köpa grisen i säcken (buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
Thai | ซื้อ / ยอมรับบางสิ่งมาโ"ยไม่ตรวจสอบ (buy a pig in a poke). (various references) | |
Turkish | körü körüne almak (buy a pig in a poke), görmeden almak (buy a pig in a poke, buy smth. unseen, buy smth. unsighted). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-i-k-n-o-p-p" | |
-4 letters: apogean, epigoni, epinaoi, genipap, kepping, kipping, paiking, peaking. | |
-5 letters: anopia, apnoea, epigon, kippen, koppie, nappie, papain, pieing, pigeon, pigpen, piking, pinkie, pipage, piping, pipkin, poking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 50 49 47 49 4E 41 50 4F 4B 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 00100000 01010000 01001001 01000111 00100000 01001001 01001110 00100000 01000001 00100000 01010000 01001111 01001011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A   P I G   I N   A   P O K E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0050 0049 0047 0049 004E 0041 0050 004F 004B 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35250434124348235250494539 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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