swineyard

noun

swineyard

noun

Etymology From swine + yard.

1

A yard for keeping pigs.

  • 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.1865, Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court […] :
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