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English
Etymology
From pig + stye.
Noun
pigstye (plural pigstyes)
- Archaic form of pigsty. (shelter for pigs)
1919, H. H. Munro, “Hyacinth”, in The Toys of Peace and Other Papers:"You wicked boy, do you mean to say you've left those poor children there alone in the pigstye?"