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noun
Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: piggishness, porkishness, egoism, egomism, egocentricity, hoggery, interestedness, me-firstism, philauty, selfhood, selfishness, self-absorption, self-centeredness, self-interestedness, self-obsession, self-servingness, solipsism, suicism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A place where pigs are kept.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From hog + -ery.
