piggery

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pig·ge·ry /ˈpɪɡəri/ noun (plural piggeries) [countable] British English  TAa pig farm, or the place on a farm where pigs are kept 养猪场；猪舍，猪圈

Examples from the Corpus

piggery• It was used as a piggery and the stench hovered about it.• In 1278 the abbot's men destroyed a piggery belonging to the bishop in Godney Moor, and again in 1315.• For forty days she banishes him to the stables and piggeries.• I didn't anticipate spending days mucking out some of the dirtiest piggeries I had ever seen.• It was some time before we retrieved them and went into the piggery.

pig·ge·ry nounChineseSyllable  

farm, on a the Corpus place or pig

piggery
pig‧ge‧ry /ˈpɪɡəri/ noun (plural piggeries) [countable] British English
a pig farm, or the place on a farm where pigs are kept

pig·geryBrE /ˈpɪɡəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɪɡəri/ 🔊 noun (

plural

pig·geries) a place where pigs are kept or bred 猪圈；猪栏；养猪场