Pig in a poke facts for kids
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Pig in a poke is an English idiom which means a kind of deceptive trick. It is a blind bargain.
The phrase is about something which is offered for sale in a manner which hides its true value. The idiom means a purchase which turns out not to be what the seller claimed it was.
History
The term "pig in a poke" was first used in the Middle Ages. At this time, it was common to sell meat or small animals in cloth bags or sacks called a "poke".
Sometimes people simply bought the "poke" without looking inside; and sometimes people who thought they were buying pork or a small pig were surprised to find they had been sold something else.
The idiom pig in a poke is about what happens when someone does not look to see what is being bought or sold.
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