hog waller

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hog waller

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From hog + waller (pig bed), akin to hog island and hog town, late 19th century. It appears to have developed as a portrayal of some parts of the American rural South no later than 1915, when a syndicated column called The Hogwallow News can be documented as running in some American newspapers.

noun hog wallers · hogwaller

US, derogatory, slang Any poor town or out-of-the-way place that is populated by hillbillies and their farm animals.
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@misc{hog_waller_2026,
  title = {hog waller},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hog%20waller},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}