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pigsty

[ pig-stahy ]

/ ˈpɪgˌstaɪ /

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noun, plural pig·sties.

pigpen.

Origin of pigsty

First recorded in 1585–95; pig¹ + sty¹

Words nearby pigsty

pigskin, pigsney, pigstick, pigsticker, pigsticking, pigsty, pigswill, pigtail, pigtail hook, pigweed, pihoihoi

Example sentences from the Web for pigsty

Former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo famously dubbed it a “pigsty.”

San Fran Kisses Its 70,000-Person Toilet Goodbye |Jon Rochmis |August 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This week: We learn Versailles was a pigsty, Virginia Woolf despised writing articles, and money is very dangerous.

Best of Brit Lit |Peter Stothard |June 18, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Octavian scrambled hastily over the pigsty wall to her rescue, and at once found himself in a quagmire that engulfed his feet.

The Toys of Peace |Saki
Fenella entered the office as a princess shod in satin might enter a pigsty.

The Lighted Way |E. Phillips Oppenheim

It was like a pigsty; he could not understand how he could have endured such untidiness.

Pelle the Conqueror, Complete |Martin Anderson Nexo
Next thing you'll want me to put down a carpet in the pigsty, won't ye?

The Rise of Roscoe Paine |Joseph C. Lincoln
He remained at the pigsty until Sam'l left the farm, when he joined him at the top of the brae, and they went home together.

Auld Licht Idylls |J. M. Barrie

British Dictionary definitions for pigsty

pigsty

US and Canadian pigpen

/ (ˈpɪɡˌstaɪ) /

noun plural -sties

a pen for pigs; sty

British a dirty or untidy place