hoggery

American  

[haw-guh-ree, hog-uh-] / ˈhɔ gə ri, ˈhɒg ə- /

noun

hoggeries plural

1. piggery.

2. slovenly or greedy behavior.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hoggeries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hoggery

First recorded in 1810–20; hog + -ery

Example Sentences

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hoggery

But naughtiness, with hoggery, not lacks When Peace another door in them unlocks, Where conscience shows the eyeing of an ox Grown dully apprehensive of an Axe.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George

This awful hoggery was located on the road, now called East Street.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old