pigsty
pronunciation
How to pronounce pigsty in British English:
UK [ˈpɪɡstaɪ]
How to pronounce pigsty in American English:
US [ˈpɪɡstaɪ]
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- Noun:
- a pen for swine
Word Origin
- pigsty (n.)
- 1590s, from pig (n.) + sty. Figurative use for "miserable, dirty hovel" is attested from 1820.
Example
- 1. Tom hiddleston is fumbling around his " pigsty " of an office trying to find the tennessee williams quote he is looking for .
- 2. Suddenly my pigsty office is 10 times as depressing as it already was .
- 3. Look at the difference between " roger , this room is always a pigsty ! You are such a slob ! " And " roger , your room is a mess today ! Before you go out to play , it has to be picked up . "
- 4. I never looked upon ease and happiness as life itself , this ethical basis , I call ideal of a pigsty .
- 5. In this sense I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves-this ethical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty .