piggery

noun

pig·​gery ˈpi-gə-rē 

plural piggeries

1

: a place where swine are kept

2

: swinish behavior

Examples of piggery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The plan is to restart production at the distillery, together with a 5-star boutique hotel, a spa, a fine dining restaurant (in the property’s former piggery) and tasting rooms. — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 9 Feb. 2026

Asilo and his family have survived for decades off the proceeds from his vegetable farm, piggery, coconut grove and on-and-off work as caretaker of a nearby gravel and sand quarry. — Jim Gomez, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2023

No Billie Jean King, paddling the backside of male chauvinist piggery. — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022

Yes, the town’s oldest tree was cut down, in 1960, a victim of Dutch Elm disease, and odor complaints finally led to the revocation of the license for the town’s last remaining piggery. — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 1 May 2022

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

Word History

First Known Use

1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1