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swineyard

swineyard noun: a yard for keeping pigs.

Noun

swineyard (plural swineyards)

  1. A yard for keeping pigs.
    • He refers to the old authorities holding that swineyards in cities are nuisances. But they show that swine become nuisances by being shut up, instead of running at large.1865, Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court […]
    Synonyms:
    pigyard

Synonyms of swineyard

Forms of swineyard

pluralswineyards

Origin of swineyard

From swine + yard.

Questions about swineyard

What does swineyard mean?
Swineyard means a yard for keeping pigs.
What part of speech is swineyard?
Swineyard is a noun.
What is the plural of swineyard?
The plural of swineyard is swineyards.

Words near swineyard in the dictionary

  1. swinestone
  2. swinestones
  3. swinesty
  4. Swinethorpe
  5. Swiney
  6. swineyard
  7. swineyards
  8. Swineys
  9. Swinford
  10. Swinfords
  11. swing

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