hogpen

American  

[hawg-pen, hog-] / ˈhɔgˌpɛn, ˈhɒg- /

noun

1. pigpen.

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Etymology

Origin of hogpen

First recorded in 1685–95; hog + pen ²

Example Sentences

But he’s been promoted, so we told him, from the yard to the hogpen.

From Literature

Wretches," cried she, "you have abused a lady's hospitality; and in this princely saloon your behavior has been suited to a hogpen.

From Project Gutenberg

And many demonstrators obediently climbed into trucks for the trip to the hogpen prison.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later the distillery was abandoned, became a hogpen.

From Time Magazine Archive

They keep us tied up for six weeks, then stick us in that hogpen upstairs and say, 'Go ahead, give us a verdict.'

From Time Magazine Archive