pig·ger·y

[pig-uh-ree]
noun, plural pig·ger·ies. Chiefly British.
a pigsty or pig breeder's establishment.

Origin:
1795–1805; pig1 + -ery

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piggery (ˈpɪɡərɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -geries
1.  a place where pigs are kept and reared
2.  great greediness; piggishness

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Piggery is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Example sentences
About two acres of the property remain cleared from a former piggery which operated onsite.
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