hoggery

English

Etymology

From hog +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒɡəɹi/

Noun

hoggery (plural hoggeries)

1. Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.

   Synonyms: piggishness, porkishness; see also Thesaurus:selfishness

   • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “(please specify either |book=1 to 9 or the page)”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     Crime and shame
     And all their hoggery.

2. A place where pigs are kept.

References

“hoggery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.