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balo noun a pig 19. etymology: form of Romany baulo with the same meaning; only collected by Rev John Baird from Kirk Yetholm Gypsies note:

Grellmann (1787) collected balo ‘A Swine’ and Baru balo ‘A great [large] hog’ from Continental gipsies. Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the form Baúlo ‘a pig’ from English Gypsies.