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pigsty

[pig-stahy] / ˈpɪgˌstaɪ /




NOUN
sty
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There was no way I could take a woman on a date in such a pigsty.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

The place is a pigsty, my wife constantly complains, and when I try to help out with the twins she bites my head off.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2022

He had a shattered leg, so was carried and dragged across a field by Pte O'Callaghan, who swerved to avoid a barn full of SS soldiers cooking a meal, until they found a pigsty.

From BBC • May 28, 2022

The place was a pigsty, but our boys loved it, collecting dozens of dirty bottles and making giant bottle castles.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2016

Otis Akkerson got thrown from his horse and ended up facedown in Mr. Cybulskis’s pigsty?

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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