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sty

[stahy] / staɪ /
NOUN
den
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The place was a sty to begin with and only becomes more squalid after Mick, Keith and Brian move in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Three piglets on the loose from an abandoned sty were foraging in the city street.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2022

“Water is sour, the air is lonely here / And all the noises of this natural shire / From stable or from sty are not enough,” Mr. Howard wrote in one poem.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2022

They stashed him away in a pig sty, but it kept him alive, as enemy soldiers continued their search for Americans.

From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2018

Her long staff in her hand, she left the hall and opened up the sty.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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