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Definition of "pigsty" [pig•sty]

  • A shelter where pigs are kept. (noun)
  • Slang A dirty or very untidy place. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pigsty" in a sentence
  • "I think I see you — for I try to see you in the flesh as I write these sentences — I think I see you leap at the word pigsty, a hyperbolical expression at the best."
  • "I think I see you -- for I try to see you in the flesh as I write these sentences -- I think I see you leap at the word pigsty, a hyperbolical expression at the best."
  • "Of course, this doesn't mean you should heed their every command, but if they tell you to clean up the "pigsty" - i.e. your room, it wouldn't hurt."