Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A place where pigs are raised or kept.
  • noun Piggish conduct.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A place where pigs are kept; a pigsty or set of pigsties.
  • noun A place where earthen vessels are made or sold; a pottery.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A place where swine are kept.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a place, such as a farm, where pigs are kept or raised
  • noun piggish behaviour

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a farm where pigs are raised or kept

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Examples

  • She thinks that having a piggery is a very productive business.

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • The 'piggery' which Jack invented, ... became famous the world over, not only among farmers but with curious laymen as well.

    The Famous Pig Palace: The World of Jack London 2010

  • My grandparents used to live about a mile down a country road in Massachusetts from a small pig farm, or "piggery" as Grandpa called it.

    what Kermie and moi have is private 2009

  • "Apart from providing appropriate skills training to the parents of such children, health, education and training in cookery, sewing and farming such as piggery and agriculture will be offered,"

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Choreographing the entrances and exits to and from the kitchen, the bedrooms, the cowshed and the "piggery" was a challenge in itself.

    Kootenay Rockies - News 2009

  • Choreographing the entrances and exits to and from the kitchen, the bedrooms, the cowshed and the "piggery" was a challenge in itself.

    Kootenay Rockies - News 2009

  • Outside, there is one attached single garage and one detached single garage, two store rooms, a piggery which is currently used as storage, a courtyard with parking for multiple cars and about ¾ acre of garden.

    icNewcastle 2009

  • If women wanted to compete with men in piggery today, they certainly could.

    Robin Lakoff: Why Women Aren't Pigs Robin Lakoff 2011

  • If women wanted to compete with men in piggery today, they certainly could.

    Robin Lakoff: Why Women Aren't Pigs Robin Lakoff 2011

  • London stocked his piggery with only the finest pedigreed pigs.

    Jack London holding a piglet born on his ranch 2010

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