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Origin of pigstyFirst recorded in 1585–95; pig1 + sty1 Words nearby pigstypigskin, pigsney, pigstick, pigsticker, pigsticking, pigsty, pigswill, pigtail, pig-tailed macaque, pigtail hook, pigweed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pigstyFormer 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. 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 pigstypigstyUS and Canadian pigpen
noun plural -stiesa pen for pigs; sty British a dirty or untidy place 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 Words related to pigstyshack, building, box, apartment, dwelling, residence, condominium, mansion, home, condo, hut, shanty, cottage, lean-to, pen, pigpen, hole, mess, sty, joint |