pigpen

English

Etymology

Compound of pig +‎ pen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɪɡ.pɛn/, [ˈpʰɪɡˌpʰɛn]
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Noun

pigpen (plural pigpens)

A pigsty; an enclosure where pigs are kept.
Something extremely dirty or messy.
This room is a pigpen. When are you going to clean it?
(cryptography) The pigpen cipher.

Translations

pigsty — see pigsty

something extremely dirty

Danish: svinesti c
Finnish: sikolätti (fi), läävä (fi)
Hungarian: disznóól (hu)
Japanese: 豚小屋 (ja) (ぶたごや, butagoya)
Kabuverdianu: txikeru, txeker
Russian: свина́рник (ru) m (svinárnik)

Anagrams

Epping

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