- Hoggery
- Hoggery Hog"ger*y, n.
Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed;
beastliness.
[1913 Webster]
Crime and shame And all their hoggery. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Hoggery
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hoggery — hog ► NOUN 1) a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2) informal a greedy person. ► VERB (hogged, hogging) informal ▪ take or hoard selfishly. ● go the whole hog Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
hoggery — /haw geuh ree, hog euh /, n., pl. hoggeries. 1. piggery. 2. slovenly or greedy behavior. [1810 20; HOG + ERY] * * * … Universalium
hoggery — hog·gery … English syllables
hoggery — ˈhȯg(ə)rē, ˈhäg , ri noun ( es) 1. : a place where hogs are kept : piggery, hog house 2. : hoggish character or manners : gross animality : greed … Useful english dictionary
hog — noun 1》 a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2》 informal a greedy person. 3》 informal a large motorcycle. 4》 (also hogg) dialect a young sheep before the first shearing. verb (hogs, hogging, hogged) 1》 informal take or hoard… … English new terms dictionary
hog — ► NOUN 1) a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2) informal a greedy person. ► VERB (hogged, hogging) informal ▪ take or hoard selfishly. ● go the whole hog Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
hogger — hog ► NOUN 1) a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2) informal a greedy person. ► VERB (hogged, hogging) informal ▪ take or hoard selfishly. ● go the whole hog Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
hoggish — hog ► NOUN 1) a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2) informal a greedy person. ► VERB (hogged, hogging) informal ▪ take or hoard selfishly. ● go the whole hog Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
hog — n. & v. n. 1 a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several other pigs of the family Suidae, e.g. a wart hog. 2 colloq. a greedy person. 3 (also hogg) Brit. dial. a young sheep before the first shearing. v.… … Useful english dictionary
hog|pen — «HOG PEHN, HG », noun. 1. a place where hogs are kept; hoggery. 2. Figurative. a filthy place … Useful english dictionary
