subs. (nautical).—See quots.
1883. A. ST. JOHNSTON, Camping among Cannibals, p. 227. The expression ‘LONG PIG’ is not a joke, nor a phrase invented by Europeans, but one frequently used by the Fijians, who looked upon a corpse as ordinary butcher’s meat, and call a human body puaka balava, ‘LONG PIG,’ in contradistinction to puaka dina, or ‘real pig.’
1893. Fortnightly Review, Jan., p. 37. I cannot find it in my heart to condemn them for trying to get a little LONG PIG whenever an opportunity presents itself.
