Definition of "hog-cholera" [hog-cholera]

• See cholera. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "On account of foot-and-mouth disease and of hog-cholera, strange dogs were taboo on the Kennan ranch."
• "If I can keep the specific micro-organism that causes hog-cholera off my place, I need not fear the disease."
• "Eminent, conscientious Christian gentlemen, leaders in religious thought, and occasionally country ministers, have accused those who maintain that the church should have a vital active interest in improving economic welfare of trying to make hog-cholera experts out of preachers, thus taking them away from their real tasks."