Definitions

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

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Examples

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

    Selected Polish Tales Else C. M. Benecke

  • 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 Arthur Christopher Benson 1893

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  • hogwash

    August 17, 2010