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单词 pigwash
释义

pigwash

/ˈpɪɡwɒʃ/
noun
Kitchen or brewery refuse and scraps (especially in liquid form) used as food for pigs, pigswill; (in extended use) any liquid of inferior quality, as cheap beer, etc. Also figurative : rubbish, nonsense.

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Dekker (c1572–1632), playwright and pamphleteer. In some forms from the genitive of pig + wash. In some forms re-formed from pig + wash.

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