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Meanings of keep pigs in English

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Usage of keep pigs in English
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Their forefathers watched the stars before mine had begun to keep pigs.
Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays
2
Mr. Wood said that it is wrong to keep pigs dirty.
Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
3
We allow that you could not keep pigs, but it is a pity.
Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83...
4
They also keep pigs on the grounds which feature on the menu occasionally.
The Irish Times
5
Dark glasses, pale skin, live in the sewers, keep pigs and make pots.
Whispers Under Ground
6
Don and I could keep pigs on the stubble fields, only Nealie won't let us.
The Adventurous Seven: Their Hazardous Undertaking
7
I shall go and keep pigs in Canada!
The Testing of Diana Mallory
8
They keep pigs and chickens, and raise corn.
Earth Abides
9
Do you know, Bell, that Adolphus seems to think we can't very well keep pigs in London.
The Small House at Allington
10
They do not keep pigs or fowl; there are no dealings in cattle, no butchers' shops or distilleries.
Autobiography of a Yogi
11
Why don't Miz' Smith keep pigs?
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp; Or, The Old Lumberman's Secret
12
I do not think that it is at all necessary to keep pigs as dirty as they are usually kept, returned Uncle Randolph.
The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds
13
He liked to keep pigs and other animals there and the gardens contain roses that may have been planted by Frankenstein's monster himself
The Guardian
14
Poets, I said, have kept pigs for an escape from their poetry.
The Hills of Hingham
15
In his spare time he grows food and keeps pigs and chickens.
The Irish Times
16
He kept pigs, and one of the large sows was named Jerusalem.
Salem’s Lot
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