piggery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a place where pigs are kept or raised

   The farmer repaired the roof of the piggery before winter.

2. 2
   noun

   greedy, dirty, or selfish behavior resembling that attributed to pigs

   Their noisy rush for the free food was sheer piggery.

Formed in English from pig and the suffix -ery, which can denote a place associated with an activity or a pattern of behavior. The literal farm sense preceded the figurative sense of greedy or dirty conduct.

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