pigsty
Example Sentences
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The pigsty stank, and so did the outhouse, the refuse pit, and the field workers plowing in the sun.
From Literature
Bats that were fleeing this human-caused disaster roosted above pigsties in Malaysia.
From Salon
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
There was no way I could take a woman on a date in such a pigsty.
From Los Angeles Times
But these impressions—that Count Olaf was a horrible person, and his house a depressing pigsty—were absolutely correct.
From Literature
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