hogpen

[ hawg-pen, hog- ]

noun

1. pigpen ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of hogpen¹

First recorded in 1685–95; hog + pen ²

Example Sentences

Connected with your hogpen, have a yard fifteen feet square for every five hogs; let that yard have no floor.

From Project Gutenberg

But, taking an axe, we cut young pine trees and constructed a fence round the wagon to serve as a hogpen.

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You'd keep the place looking like a hogpen, if I wasn't at you all the time.

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