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pigswash

pigswash is the alternative form of pigwash.

Meaning of pigwash

Noun

pigwash (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of pigswill.
    • In the pigwashes prepared with well-waters of high nitrate-content —under certain conditions— the different ubiquiter, facultative anaerobe saprophyte soil-bacteria reduce the nitrate to nitrite in sufficient quantity to poison the animals.1959, XVIth International Veterinary Congress, Madrid, 21-27 May, 1959
    Synonyms:
    pigswill

Origin of pigswash

From pig + -s- + wash.

Questions about pigswash

What is pigswash the alternative form of?
Pigswash is the alternative form of pigwash.

Words near pigswash in the dictionary

  1. pigsties
  2. pigstuck
  3. pigsty
  4. pigstye
  5. pigstyes
  6. pigswash
  7. pigswill
  8. pigtail
  9. pigtail macaque
  10. pigtail macaques
  11. pigtailed

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