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Meanings of pigsty in English

Portuguese
pocilgas
Catalan
porcellera
Spanish
zahurda

A place where pigs are kept and reared.

pocilgas
Usage of pigsty in English
1
In England, pigeon-dung and the cleanings of the pigsty are extensively employed.
The Home Acre
2
Or where the house was a pigsty unless a visit was scheduled.
The Girl I Used to Be
3
One of the loveliest we ever saw had originally been a pigsty.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
4
Behind every house was a pigsty, behind nearly every one a cowshed.
The Malady of the Century
5
You shall kick your bucket in the pigsty, you sinner...like a dog!'
Selected Polish Tales
6
And none of them would dare throw the Baron in a pigsty!'
I shall wear midnight
7
A rank smell filled his nose, equal parts sour sweat and pigsty.
The great hunt
8
I shall never make the mistake of even passing by this vile pigsty.
A Confederacy of Dunces
9
The virus is still here, there is virus in the pigsty.
Reuters
10
And I'll not have our Ted thinking that we live in a pigsty.
Another life altogether: a novel
11
What'll be your charge for the plan of the pigsty, Mr.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
12
They even looked clean, which is sort of a miracle in this pigsty.
Under the dome: a novel
13
How can you stand to live in a pigsty like this?
All the pretty dead girls
14
Wonder if he has n't got any good plans for a hahnsome pigsty.
The Guardian Angel
15
We used a cow barn, a pigsty, and a sheep field.
The Guardian
16
Oh, a high-class eating-house, of course-nota pigsty for common sailors.
Ghosts: A Domestic Tragedy in Three Acts
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