Definition of "pigpen" [pig•pen]

• A pen for pigs. (noun)
• Slang A dirty or very untidy place. (noun)

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• "Going around the barn to get to the pigpen is almost never a good idea, unless the pigpen is on the other side."
• "Laura Bush's nickname, for someone very close to her husband, who does she call pigpen and why?"
• "I supposed that walking into the pigpen was his equivalent of walking the plank."