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pigpile

pigpile is the alternative form of pig pile.

Meaning of pig pile

Noun

pig pile (plural pig piles)

  1. (US, colloquial) A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.
    • Rolling in a mud-puddle, heels up in the air, amid a mound of humanity, very pertinently called a 'pig-pile'.1880 August, Arthur's Home Magazine, page 462

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Forms of pigpile

pluralpigpiles

Questions about pigpile

What is pigpile the alternative form of?
Pigpile is the alternative form of pig pile.

Words near pigpile in the dictionary

  1. Pigovian taxes
  2. pigpen
  3. pigpen cipher
  4. pigpen ciphers
  5. pigpens
  6. pigpile
  7. pigpiles
  8. pigproof
  9. pigritude
  10. pigroot
  11. pigrooted

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