pigpenn.
/ˈpɪɡpɛn/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌpɛn/ 1. A pen in which pigs are housed.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > habitation of
pigsty1580
pig house1677
pigpen1803
pig bed1821
pig run1848
1803 Lit. Mag. (Philadelphia) Oct. ii Compare everything you saw, from the church to the pig-pen.
1869 E. Kellogg Charlie Bell xii. 157 That night they set the trap close by the pig-pen.
1914 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 52 I was obligin' Jim that evenin' muckin' out his pig-pen.
2002 Nature Conservancy Summer 34/2 They are preparing to install a biogas unit's underground ‘digester’ between their house and the pigpen.
2. figurative. A very dirty or untidy room or building. Cf. pigsty n. 2.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > vile or miserable
hell-holec1400
dogholec1450
cabin1594
sty1605
hole1616
hogsty1688
gourbi1738
rathole1770
pigsty1798
hell's kitchen1827
den1836
kennel1837
pigpen1872
rural slum1886
1872 Harper's Mag. Apr. 690/2 This [room], by reason of its general unsightliness, was denominated by Tammany's political adversaries the ‘Pig-Pen’.
1907 J. London Let. 25 July (1966) 247 He left his stateroom the filthiest pig~pen I ever saw.
1950 W. Stegner Preacher & Slave i. ii. 15 The place was a pigpen, as usual, the brass bed and the bunk along the front wall humped with dirty quilts.
1979 R. Gillespie Crossword Myst. v. 116 ‘Did you search his place?’ ‘Yeah. A pigpen.’
2003 D. Halberstam Teammates (2004) vi. 112 Her home was a pigpen. When Eddie Collins had called at their home, Ted covered the best chair in the house with a towel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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