Seeley's pigs

English

Etymology

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

Seeley's pigs pl (plural only)

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

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary