Synonyms

pigpen

[pig-pen]

pig·pen

[pig-pen]
noun
1.
a pen for keeping pigs.
2.
a filthy or untidy place: This kitchen is a pigpen.

Origin:
1795–1805; pig1 + pen2
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pigpen (ˈpɪɡˌpɛn)
 
n
1.  a pen for pigs; sty
2.  a dirty or untidy place

pigsty or (US and Canadian) pigpen (ˈpɪɡˌstaɪ)
 
n , pl -sties
1.  a pen for pigs; sty
2.  (Brit) a dirty or untidy place
 
pigpen or (US and Canadian) pigpen
 
n

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Slang Dictionary

pigpen definition


  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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Encyclopedia Britannica
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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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