hog-round

hog-round
\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adverb (or adjective)
: at a flat rate : without grading

sometimes it is wiser to sell hog-round

a common custom on southern cotton markets for buyers to take everything hog-round on a middling basis — Clarence Poe


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