piggery

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English

Etymology

From pig +‎ -ery.

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Noun

piggery (plural piggeries)

  1. A place, such as a farm, where pigs are kept or raised.
    • 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 99:
      Two heavy pails of swill—meat scraps floating in custard—from the school kitchens to be carried with a friend, Hans Solish, all the way to the piggery.
  2. Piggish behaviour.

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