pigpen

American  

[pig-pen] / ˈpɪgˌpɛn /

noun

1. a pen for keeping pigs.

2. a filthy or untidy place.

   This kitchen is a pigpen.

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pigpen British  

/ ˈpɪɡˌpɛn /

noun

1. a pen for pigs; sty

2. a dirty or untidy place

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Etymology

Origin of pigpen

First recorded in 1795–1805; pig ¹ + pen ²

Example Sentences

There’s even a pen for the pigs her son is raising for 4-H, a rare pigpen with a riverfront view.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2021

The village center was abandoned, the nearby river polluted, the forest cut down, the local school turned into a pigpen.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2021

Still another gave them a pigpen to set up on their land.

From Washington Times • Mar. 2, 2020

Tain is surrounded by farms and separated from Dornoch Firth by fields full of sheep; at one point, I had to retrieve my ball from a pigpen, which was out of bounds.

From Golf Digest • Nov. 5, 2016

She sits on a milk stool in a corner of the barn cellar, near the pigpen, and watches animals, hour after hour.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White