豚とん犬けん

noun

dullard; halfwit

Archaic insult for a foolish or stupid person.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、愚おろか者ものを「豚とん犬けん」と罵ののしることがある。

  In old texts, a fool is sometimes reviled as 豚犬.

noun

my child

Archaic humble term for one's own child; self-deprecating.

• 昔むかしの武ぶ士しは、へりくだって我わが子こを「豚とん犬けん」と呼よぶことがあった。

  Old samurai would sometimes humbly refer to their own child as 豚犬.

noun

pig and dog

Literal archaic meaning; the two animals together.

• 「豚とん犬けん」は文も字じ通どおりには豚ぶたと犬いぬを指さす古ふるい表ひょう現げんだ。

  豚犬 literally refers to a pig and a dog in old usage.