pigsty
noun
pigsties
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pluralof pigsty.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Some farmers supplemented their income with fruit orchards, planting trees next to open-air pigsties — perfect flying fox buffets.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021
Mattila sat in pigsties and chicken coops to confirm that honey bees were landing in poop.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 9, 2020
As bats foraged among the farms’ trees, saliva-soaked pieces of fruit would have fallen into the pigsties, providing the pigs with irresistible morsels and repeated doses of the virus.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
As the bats gorged themselves on fruit, they dropped pieces of food from the branches, along with their urine, into the pigsties, where at least one pig is believed to have eaten some.
From Salon ● May 10, 2020
"You? You couldn't sew a dress fit to clean the pigsties."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
