piggery

pig·gery | \ ˈpi-gə-rē

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plural piggeries

Definition of piggery

1 : a place where swine are kept

2 : swinish behavior

Examples of piggery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Outbreaks in at least 115 piggeries are predicted to reduce China’s swine inventory by 13 percent in 2019. — Jason Gale | Bloomberg, Washington Post, "The Deadly African Virus That’s Killing China’s Pigs," 9 Apr. 2019 Some who graduated paid for those degrees on the earnings from backyard piggeries, or made their pocket money selling Popsicles on the street. — Aurora Almendral, New York Times, "The Lonely and Dangerous Life of the Filipino Seafarer," 30 Nov. 2019 Millions of small piggeries were closed as part of a nationwide program aimed at shifting pork production to larger, more efficient farms. — Washington Post, "The Deadly African Virus That’s Killing Asia’s Pigs," 29 Sep. 2019 There are racists, sexists, piggery of various kinds who will say really terrible things. — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, "A Free Speech Battle at the Birthplace of a Movement at Berkeley," 2 Feb. 2017

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“Piggery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piggery. Accessed 3 Jun. 2020.

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