A hog reeve or hogreeve, hog-reeve is a Colonial New England term for a person charted with the prevention or appraising of damages by stray swine. Wandering domestic pigs were a problem to the community due to the amount of damage they could do to gardens and crops by rooting.
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Sununu and his wife, Nancy, recently were named to the honorary post of Hampton Falls' hogreeve, complete with a swearing-in ceremony and a badge.