piggery

[pig-uh-ree]

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noun, plural pig·ger·ies. Chiefly British.

a pigsty or pig breeder's establishment.

Origin of piggery

First recorded in 1795–1805; pig¹ + -ery

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Related Words for piggery

pen, sty, piggery, hogpen

Examples from the Web for piggery

Historical Examples of piggery

Once I was kept alive by a piggery, which I wanted to see finished.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
The gentleman to the lady: "Will you occupy a piggery or a poultry-house?"
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916
Various
Night found Grunty Pig huddled close to the outside of the piggery.
The Tale of Grunty Pig
Arthur Scott Bailey
Grunty Pig had got out of his pen and out of the piggery, too.
The Tale of Grunty Pig
Arthur Scott Bailey
"It is making rather a piggery of the place," Everard said more than once to his wife.
A Sheaf of Corn
Mary E. Mann

British Dictionary definitions for piggery

piggery

noun plural -geries

a place where pigs are kept and reared
great greediness; piggishness

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