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piggy

UK/ˈpɪɡi/ US/ˈpɪɡi/ fairly common slang uk
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

a young pig

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adjective

1.

resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

  • “piggish table manners”
  • “the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father”
  • “swinish slavering over food”
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Origin

From pig + -y (diminutive suffix).

Phrases

  • pay piggy
  • piggy bank
  • piggy flu
  • piggy in the middle
  • piggy move up
  • piggy stick
  • piggy wiggy

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