Seeley's pigs

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English

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Etymology

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From the surname, Seeley, of a member of parliament who called attention in the House of Commons to the waste of pig iron in the dockyards.

Noun

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Seeley's pigs pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Unused blocks of iron kept in government dockyards.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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