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pig-face

pig-face is the alternative form of pigface.

Meaning of pigface

Noun

pigface (plural pigfaces)

  1. Any of various mesembryanthemums of the genus Carpobrotus, native to coastal areas of Australia, and producing edible fruits.
    • The road cut through sand dunes spread patchily with pigface and tumbleweeds and led obliquely to the sea […]1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin, published 2009, page 124
  2. (derogatory, informal) Term of abuse for an ugly person.
    • Near-synonym: dogface
    Synonyms:
    dogface

Forms of pig-face

pluralpig-faces

Questions about pig-face

What is pig-face the alternative form of?
Pig-face is the alternative form of pigface.

Words near pig-face in the dictionary

  1. pig's-face
  2. pig's-wash
  3. pig-a-back
  4. pig-a-backs
  5. pig-deer
  6. pig-face
  7. pig-farm
  8. pig-farms
  9. pig-footed bandicoot
  10. pig-footed bandicoots
  11. pig-fucker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pig-face (page history and authors); pigface (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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