hogwash

[ hawg-wosh, -wawsh, hog- ]
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noun
  1. refuse given to hogs; swill.

  2. any worthless stuff.

  1. meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk.

Origin of hogwash

1
1400–50; 1900–05 for def. 2; late Middle English. See hog, wash

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How to use hogwash in a sentence

  • My friends, I have heard the vows which Paaker has poured out over our pure altars, like hogwash that men set before swine.

    Uarda, Complete | Georg Ebers

British Dictionary definitions for hogwash

hogwash

/ (ˈhɒɡˌwɒʃ) /


noun
  1. informal nonsense

  2. pigswill

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