Meaning & use
pigpen
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An enclosed area where pigs are kept; informally, a very messy or dirty place.
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The farmer cleaned out the pigpen before the new piglets arrived.
Clean your room; it looks like a pigpen in here!
A note on using this word
Pigpen is often used informally as an insult for an untidy room, not just literally for housing pigs.
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