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pigpen

[pig-pen] / ˈpɪgˌpɛn /
NOUN
pigsty
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NOUN
a messy place
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NOUN
messy place
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STRONG


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A video reposted on social media by China News Service, a state-run news agency, pointed out the low rate and showed a pigpen in China with an air conditioner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

At noon the Zuckermans and the Arables returned to the pigpen.

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

When cultures subsist on food from individual cottages, it is not uncommon to find private pigpens.

From Time Magazine Archive

Townsfolk used blocks of Parthenon marble for doorsteps and pigpens.

From Time Magazine Archive

With U.S. help, General Vien has launched several new training programs designed to help soldiers learn everything from setting guerrilla-style ambushes to assisting villagers in building pigpens.

From Time Magazine Archive

More than a decade has passed since the first calves, lambs and piglets were cloned, and yet there are no dairy herds composed of carbon-copy cows, no pigpens filled with identical sows.

From Time Magazine Archive

I peer in the chicken shads and the pigpens.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech




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