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piggish

[pig-ish] / ˈpɪg ɪʃ /


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A couple of would-be thieves in Kentucky have been arrested for their alleged piggish behavior.

From Fox News Nov. 19, 2019

It shows a girl with long golden hair, sneezing so explosively that the torrential discharge has turned her nose into a piggish snout.

From The New Yorker Apr. 3, 2017

Bermudez says she was driven to protest by the allegedly piggish behavior of men with whom she worked at the Transportation Security Administration headquarters across the street.

From Washington Post Nov. 30, 2016

Some of my Slate colleagues, in their otherwise insightful weekly Mad Men commentaries, rolled their eyes at the corporate chieftains’ piggish treatment of Peggy and especially Joan, finding its villainy “cartoonish.”

From Slate May 15, 2015

He thought he knew why: Going for seconds makes people feel piggish.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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