pigwash

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They fell down, hitting each other indiscriminately, knocked over the pail, and rolled about in the pigwash.

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  1. wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

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  • They fell down, hitting each other indiscriminately, knocked over the pail, and rolled about in the pigwash. —  Selected Polish Tales
  • He maintained that it was uncharitable to say, 'What a bad sermon So-and-so preached,' and not uncharitable to say, 'Well, it is better than the sickening stuff one generally hears'; uncharitable to say, 'What nasty soup this is!' and not uncharitable to say, 'Well, it is better than the filthy pigwash generally called soup.' —  Hugh Memoirs of a Brother
 

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