pigswilln.
/ˈpɪɡswɪl/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌswɪl/ Kitchen refuse and scraps (esp. in liquid form) used as food for pigs; (figurative) something (esp. food) of very poor quality. Cf. hogwash n., pigwash n.
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1862 Vindic. Princ. & Policy U.K. Alliance 15 It now proceeds, in logical development, to empower the people to put down other nuisances of a still more noxious nature; after places of pig-swill, places where men swill.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Oct. 2/1 They could not mix up Salvation with pig-swill.
1939 Times 3 Mar. 6/5 If the hound dislikes the taste of pig swill, then he must go off and catch rabbits.
1973 Farmer's Weekly (Durban) 11 July 76 The indifferent quality which they off-load on to local markets would not even fetch a return as pig swill on the competitive and discriminating markets of Europe.
1979 W. Kennedy Ironweed vii. 203 Whataya say Rudy? Let's get outa this pigswill. Get outa this stink and go where I can breathe.
1993 V. E. Mitchell Windows on Lost World xvii. 204 Whether it's gourmet dining or pig swill.
2001 Independent 26 Mar. 7/2 The Government will move to ban pigswill, thought to be the cause of the foot-and-mouth crisis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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