pigswill
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pigswill
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From pig + swill.
noun
- swill: slops fed to pigs He came down the slope towards the church at speed, holding his breath against the smell of warmed pigswill from the sty.
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nonsense, rubbish
‘With respect, Professor . . .’
‘Pigswill! You don’t respect me. You fear me, are irritated by me, envy me . . . you everything me, but you do not respect me.[…]’
Similar: hogwash
Talk about this word "pigswill." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pigswill. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pigswill. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pigswill "pigswill." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pigswill.
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@misc{pigswill_2026,
title = {pigswill},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pigswill},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
