pigstye

English

Etymology

From pig +‎ stye.

Noun

pigstye (plural pigstyes)

  1. Archaic form of pigsty (“shelter for pigs”).
    • 1919, H. H. Munro, “Hyacinth”, in The Toys of Peace and Other Papers:
      "You wicked boy, do you mean to say you've left those poor children there alone in the pigstye?"
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