swineyard
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]swineyard (plural swineyards)
- A yard for keeping pigs.
- Synonym: pigyard
- 1865, Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court […] :
- He refers to the old authorities holding that swineyards in cities are nuisances. But they show that swine become nuisances by being shut up, instead of running at large.