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pigpen

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pig⋅pen

  [pig-pen]
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–noun
1. a pen for keeping pigs.
2. a filthy or untidy place: This kitchen is a pigpen.
Origin:
1795–1805; pig 1 + pen 2
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pig·pen   (pĭg'pěn')   
n.  

  1. A pen for pigs.

  2. Slang A dirty or very untidy place.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
pigpen

  1. n.
    a crosshatch or the number sign: #. (Computers. See also mesh.) : There is nothing on my printout but a whole string of pigpens.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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pigpen

building for housing swine, particularly one with facilities for housing a number of hogs under one roof. Typical housing protects against extremes of heat and cold and provides draft-free ventilation, sanitary bedding, and feeding. Simple hog houses are sometimes called sties

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