pigsty
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈpɪɡˌstaɪ/
:
pocilga
- The farmer built a new pigsty to keep his pigs safe and comfortable.
We left the football game and went to a pigsty.
- We left the football game and went to a pigsty.
- It's a saver from the pigs when she falls into the pigsty, but he he's the cowardly lion.
- This critical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty.
Examples
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This place is a pigsty.
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This whole area looks like a pigsty.
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Clean up that pigsty of a room.
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Get in here right now and clean up that pigsty of yours.
Fiction book (1991) -
People said when he moved out, the house was a pigsty.
Fiction book (1995) -
My place is an absolute pigsty, and I have to do laundry.
Blog text (31) -
The place where Nina lived looked like a pigsty.
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I cannot have a gentleman caller coming into a pigsty.
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What do you call this I'm livin' in, a pigsty?
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After attending a funeral, people stop at the pigsty to expel possible evil spirits before entering their main house.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
4
2.1
A small fenced area where pigs live
2
4.5
A small pen where pigs are kept
1
7.5
A farm or building where people raise pigs
A fenced area where pigs are kept
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pigsty is simply two parts: pig and sty, where sty means 'a small pen or shelter for animals'. So a pigsty is a place where pigs are kept, which is why it means an enclosure or shelter for pigs.