pigpen

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Captain Elisha showed his visitors about the place, the barn, the cows, the pigpen--the pig himself had gone to fulfill the unhappy destiny of pigs, but they would meet him by sections later on, so the captain assured them.

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  • "The pigpen is too large for our needs," she said, indicating it with a sweep of one arm. —  Mary Balogh - Truly
  • The only trouble with the weather, Marged thought as she stood at the pigpen, her arms along the top of it, keeping Nellie company, was that it would be a light night with moon and stars. —  Mary Balogh - Truly
  • He thudded onto a haycart exactly as the pigpen filled with squealing. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 01 - July 2002
  • FACT NUMBER ONE: Portland is a filthy pigpen of butter abusing hogs. —  Portland Mercury
  • She certainly related a weird story about her childhood in Sevier County that involved her, a pigpen and her desire to be one of the pigs. —  California Chronicle
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