pigsty
Americannoun
noun
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a pen for pigs; sty
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a dirty or untidy place
Etymology
Origin of pigsty
Example Sentences
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In Klong Toey, he met a Catholic nun, Sister Maria Chantavarodom, now 92, who led him through the narrow lanes and joined him in founding the tiny school in a former pigsty.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
There was no way I could take a woman on a date in such a pigsty.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022
In the absence of help, nearly anyone with baby twins has a pigsty of a house.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2022
Their flat is a "pigsty", laughs Rebecca Ratcliffe, cluttered with campaign materials.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2022
Behind the house, under the breadfruit tree, there was a pigsty, now empty, the mud the pigs loved to bathe in dried into dusty ridges.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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