hoggery

[ haw-guh-ree, hog-uh- ]

noun

, plural hog·ger·ies.

1. piggery.
2. slovenly or greedy behavior.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoggery¹

First recorded in 1810–20; hog + -ery

Example Sentences

The ball hoggery was so natural to Kobe that, according to Richard Jefferson, Bryant once convinced officials to give him a shooting foul because of said hoggery.

From Golf Digest

This awful hoggery was located on the road, now called East Street.

From Project Gutenberg

Both men were being issued summonses for seat hoggery, a violation of part of Section 1050.7 of the Rules of Conduct, which says that no one shall “occupy more than one seat on a station, platform or conveyance when to do so would interfere or tend to interfere with the operation of the Authority’s transit system or the comfort of other passengers.”

From New York Times

But naughtiness, with hoggery, not lacks When Peace another door in them unlocks, Where conscience shows the eyeing of an ox Grown dully apprehensive of an Axe.

From Project Gutenberg