plural of cold pig

(archaic, poetic or euphemistic) The hangman's noose.

(medicine) Non-specialist term for acute bronchitis, a short-term inflammation of the bronchi and lungs. / A common cold or similar ailment characterized by coughing or other thoracic symptoms.

(law) The process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses.

laborious work; drudgery

A college where military officers are trained in the higher branches of professional knowledge, and prepared for holding staff appointments.

(politics) Synonym of puppet state

(electronics) A type of cathode that does not use a heating element to produce emission of cathode rays (electrons), beyond base thermionic emission (usually by field electron emission, secondary emission, photoelectric emission)

plural of fog collector

(simile) Very cold (in temperature, emotionally, etc.). / Completely unconscious.