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Definition of Pigpen
1. Noun. A pen for swine.
Definition of Pigpen
1. n. A pen, or sty, for pigs.
Definition of Pigpen
1. Noun. A pigsty; an enclosure where pigs are kept. ¹
2. Noun. Something extremely dirty or messy. ¹
3. Noun. (cryptography) the pigpen cipher ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pigpen
1. a place where pigs are kept [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigpen
Literary usage of Pigpen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1896)
"The regulation in question cannot be held to be reasonable or justifiable because
some few individuals in the state maintain a pigpen in such a ..."
2. ... [Reports] by Kentucky Geological Survey (1919)
"KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The two thin coals at the bottom of the section above
go under drainage a short distance up pigpen branch and one-half mile up ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"Every house has its stone pigpen, every pigpen at least one pig and every pig
not less than one hot meal daily. For two thousand feet up the mountain sides ..."
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