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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

And they made a complete pigpen of the bunkhouse, didn’t they, Buddy?”

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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