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Definition of Pigsty
1. Noun. A pen for swine.
Definition of Pigsty
1. n. A pigpen.
Definition of Pigsty
1. Noun. A shelter where pigs are kept. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) A dirty or very untidy place. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pigsty
1. a pigpen [n -STIES] - See also: pigpen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigsty
Literary usage of Pigsty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Norway by Hjalmar H[jorth] Boyesen (1886)
"... who hid him and the thrall in a deep ditch under her pigsty. Food, candles,
and bedclothes, were given them, whereupon the ditch was covered with boards ..."
2. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1896)
"eon-house, and an old stone pigsty, the open portion of which is overgrown with
tall weeds, indicating that no grunter has recently occupied it. ..."
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