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Definition of Pigwash
1. Noun. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.
Generic synonyms: Feed, Provender
Derivative terms: Slop, Slop, Swill
Definition of Pigwash
1. pigswill [n -ES] - See also: pigswill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigwash
Literary usage of Pigwash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1896)
"But they are not nearly such unconscionable little prigs, and once, when Henry
falls into a tub of pigwash, his faux pas is not treated as a moral offence ..."
2. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1861)
"... as he saw it going on in the open street ; but the liquor itself is not to
his taste, and he speaks of it as a kind of pigwash. ..."
3. From Private to Field-marshal by William Robert Robertson (1921)
"... in which were two large casks probably containing pigwash or some such mixture.
As the road was narrow we slowed down almost to a halt, ..."
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