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单词 hogwash
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hogwash

[ hawg-wosh, -wawsh, hog- ]
/ ˈhɔgˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈhɒg- /
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noun

refuse given to hogs; swill.
any worthless stuff.
meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk.

Origin of hogwash

1400–50; 1900–05 for def. 2; late Middle English. See hog, wash

Words nearby hogwash

hogshead, hog sucker, hogtie, Hogtown, Hogue, hogwash, hogweed, hog-wild, Hogwood, hoha, Hohenlinden
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Example sentences from the Web for hogwash

  • Wot's the good of your ladlin' out that hogwash about huntin'?

    Snow-Bound at Eagle's|Bret Harte
  • Hogwash was beaten and so were all the favourites, and an outsider had won.

    Uncle Joe's Stories|Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugesson, First Baron Brabourne
  • My friends, I have heard the vows which Paaker has poured out over our pure altars, like hogwash that men set before swine.

    Uarda, Complete|Georg Ebers

British Dictionary definitions for hogwash

hogwash
/ (ˈhɒɡˌwɒʃ) /

noun

informal nonsense
pigswill
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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