pigswill
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pigswill (uncountable)
- swill: slops fed to pigs
- 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 179:
- He came down the slope towards the church at speed, holding his breath against the smell of warmed pigswill from the sty.
- (figuratively) nonsense, rubbish
- Synonym: hogwash
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 50:
- ‘With respect, Professor...’
‘Pigswill! You don't respect me. You fear me, are irritated by me, envy me... you everything me, but you do not respect me.’