sows

Those cross-trenches in the sand they call sows; the little hollows on the side are the pigs.

The Iron Woman Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901

Produced in a blast furnace, it takes its name from channels leading from the furnace called sows and pigs.

Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

Produced in a blast furnace, it takes its name from channels leading from the furnace called sows and pigs.

Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

My pigs are all neutered boars (females are called sows), and in spring, summer and fall when the temperature is right, they all run together on the backyard lawn, where they mingle and socialize and munch on grass and leaves.

The News Tribune Blogs 2009

This from someone who described an entire government department of people she's never met as "sows" and "piggies with their snouts in the trough."

Archive 2008-12-01 CC 2008

Shorter Suzie All-Caps: I will not tolerate name calling or incivility in my comments section, unless it's to refer to women I don't like as 'sows' or 'feminazis.'

Apparently, civility is context-dependent. CC 2008

Big Blue Wave: Where describing feminists as "sows" can't possibly be an insult because it's, you know, true.

Archive 2008-12-01 CC 2008

This from someone who described an entire government department of people she's never met as "sows" and "piggies with their snouts in the trough."

Somehow, the word "lunatic" seems inadequate. CC 2008

Shorter Suzie All-Caps: I will not tolerate name calling or incivility in my comments section, unless it's to refer to women I don't like as 'sows' or 'feminazis.'

Archive 2008-12-01 CC 2008

Big Blue Wave: Where describing feminists as "sows" can't possibly be an insult because it's, you know, true.

Suzie All-Caps: The overwhelming cuntitude continues. CC 2008