ˈhogsty
Also hog's sty.
A pigsty.
| c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 803/44 Hoc porcatorium, a hogstye. a 1529 Skelton Merie T. xiii. in Shaks. Jest Bk. (1864) II. 25 He wente & charged one of hys boyes, in an euenyng..to sette fyre in one of hys hogges sties. 1669 Woodhead St. Teresa ii. xvii. 118 He replied, He would dwell not only there, but even in a Hog-stie. 1797 W. Johnston tr. Beckmann's Hist. Invent. II. 41 Hog-sties were erected in the streets, sometimes even under the windows. 1821 Blackw. Mag. IX. 137 Loud was the grumph and grumble from hog-stye. |