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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a pen for swine [syn: sty, pigsty, pigpen]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1580 pigpen

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a pen or enclosure for a pig or pigs. 2 a filthy house, room, etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pigsty Pig"sty`, n.; pl. Pigsties. A pigpen.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also pig sty(pigsties) 1. A pigsty is an enclosed place where pigs are kept on a farm. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use pigpen) N-COUNT 2. If you describe a room or a house as a pigsty, you are criticizing the fact that it is very dirty and untidy. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) The office is a pigsty. = tip N-COUNT: usu sing [disapproval]