piggery

noun

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pig·gery | \ ˈpi-gə-rē

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, 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, 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, 29 Sep. 2019 There are racists, sexists, piggery of various kinds who will say really terrible things. — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2017

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