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How to use pigsty in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Pigsty means an enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one. Example: “The lower pasture also contains a pigsty.”

Examples of pigsty by meaning

nounAn enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

  • The lower pasture also contains a pigsty.

nounA dirty or very untidy place.

  • This room is a pigsty. When are you going to clean it?
  • "It's only youse crowd wot comes makin' a pigsty of the place," said Melons conclusively.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 20

More sentences with pigsty

  • Farm out the stable and pigsty.From the entry farm
  • “The grande madame, she is not to live in the pigsty, eh?”1957, Charlton Laird, West of the River, New York: Bantam Books, page 26. From the entry grande madame
  • There were densely tenanted houses on the main road, pigsties hugger-mugger with people, fireplace ashes thrown out at night.2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian. From the entry hugger-mugger
  • Oblivious to the scorching heat and rising wind she turned her tear-stained face towards the pigsty and chookyard, setting off at yet another frenzied pace.2018, The Outback: Anthology of Short Stories, →ISBN. From the entry chookyard
  • That is the problem with Dorothy's Third Ward, all these years she has been alderperson she has not made any deals to better that pigsty.1992 February 14, Maryanne Burgess, “Re: Respect”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry alderperson
  • At full speed he ran into a pigsty, where a sow was lying on her side with a farrow of eleven tugging at her.1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19. From the entry farrow
  • This timber went into the building of water conservancy works, bridges, pigsties, sheep pens and stables and was also used to make farm tools, effectively promoting agricultural production.1961 May 26, Li Fang, “Shelter-Belts in China's Northeast”, in Peking Review, volume IV, number 21, →OCLC, page 17, column 2. From the entry Lungchiang
  • "Go and find out who did it, before you come blaming me for it." "It's only youse crowd wot comes makin' a pigsty of the place," said Melons conclusively.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 20. From the entry yous

Meaning of pigsty

  1. noun An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
  2. noun A dirty or very untidy place.

Full definition of pigsty

Questions about pigsty in a sentence

How do you use pigsty in a sentence?
Pigsty is used as a noun. For example: “The lower pasture also contains a pigsty.”
What is a short sentence with pigsty?
“Farm out the stable and pigsty.”
What does pigsty mean?
Pigsty means an enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

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