pigpen

English

Etymology

pig +‎ pen

Pronunciation

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Noun

pigpen (plural pigpens)

1. A pigsty; an enclosure where pigs are kept.
2. Something extremely dirty or messy.

   This room is a pigpen. When are you going to clean it?

3. (cryptography) the pigpen cipher

Translations

pigsty — see pigsty

something extremely dirty

• Danish: svinesti c
• Finnish: sikolätti (fi), läävä (fi)
• Hungarian: disznóól (hu)

• Japanese: 豚小屋 (ja) (ぶたごや, butagoya)
• Russian: свина́рник (ru) m (svinárnik)

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