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hogswallop

hogswallop noun: nonsense, rubbish.

Noun

hogswallop (uncountable)

  1. Nonsense, rubbish.
    • One law for him, another for us. Hogswallop. Shamus has conned us, Cassidy. Shamus has pulled off the biggest bloody load of hokum …1971, John le Carré, The Naïve and Sentimental Lover

Forms of hogswallop

alternative formhog swallop
alternative formhog's wallop

Origin of hogswallop

Variant of codswallop, by analogy with swill (“pig food, garbage”).

Questions about hogswallop

What does hogswallop mean?
Hogswallop means nonsense, rubbish.
What part of speech is hogswallop?
Hogswallop is a noun.

Words near hogswallop in the dictionary

  1. Hogston
  2. Hogstons
  3. hogsty
  4. hogsucker
  5. hogsuckers
  6. hogswallop
  7. hogtie
  8. hogtied
  9. hogtieing
  10. hogties
  11. hogtight

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