pigpen
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈpɪɡˌpɛn/
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establo
- We fortified the rabbit hutches, the chicken house, and the pigpen, and rigged water tanks and food bins that would hold enough to last that long.
- live in a pigpen
Examples
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As we came up the back of Sam Dallason's house, we passed his pigpen, the turkeys, the guinea hens, and then the pear tree.
Fiction book (1993) -
I'm sick of living in a pigpen!
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It's hard to believe Cry could live in a pigpen like this.
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You call this pigpen a home?
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We built the pigpen ourselves, and that was quite a project.
Fiction book (1990) -
Most of the time, they stayed in the pigpen.
Fiction book (1990) -
These pigpens with plywood and wire siding are all over the place.
Fiction book (1994) -
An hour later, she sloshed through the deep mud of a Laverton farmer's pigpen, climbed the fence, and reached the center of town.
Fiction book (1990) -
When Mr. Adams would show us pictures of a Duroc, a spotted Poland China, or a Berkshire, I would rush home to the Hill Farm and go out to the pigpen and actually look at a spotted Poland China.
Fiction book (1993) -
The farmer constructed a sturdy pigpen to keep his pigs safe and comfortable.
Synonyms
63
3.5
A small area for keeping animals like pigs or chickens
16
2.1
A place where pigs live and sleep
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7.5
A farm or building where people raise pigs
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Morphology
Etymology
Pigpen is made from pig and pen, where pen means 'enclosure' or 'small yard' for animals, just like in playpen for babies. So a pigpen is literally a place 'where pigs are kept'.