hoggery

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hoggery

/ˈhɒɡəɹi/

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From hog + -ery.

noun hoggeries

Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness. Crime and shame And all their hoggery.
Similar: piggishness, porkishness, egoism, egomism, egocentricity, hoggery, interestedness, me-firstism, philauty, selfhood, selfishness, self-absorption
A place where pigs are kept.

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@misc{hoggery_2026,
  title = {hoggery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hoggery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}