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pigging it

pigging it is the present participle and gerund of pig it.

Meaning of pig it

Verb

pig it (third-person singular simple present pigs it, present participle pigging it, simple past and past participle pigged it)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To live slovenly, in squalor.
    • "I've had ten years of it, scratching enough out of it to dress and feed myself when the going's good and sharing a room with a girl friend or pigging it in some cheap boarding-house, and doing a perish when I've been out of a job."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 5

Questions about pigging it

What is pigging it the present participle and gerund of?
Pigging it is the present participle and gerund of pig it.

Words near pigging it in the dictionary

  1. piggily
  2. piggin
  3. piggin bottoms
  4. pigginess
  5. pigging
  6. pigging it
  7. pigging off
  8. pigging out
  9. piggings
  10. piggins
  11. piggish

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