noun
- enclosures where pigs are kept
- very messy or dirty places
Usage: informal
Examples
- The farmer cleaned out the pigpens every morning.
- Three pigpens housed the farm’s prize-winning hogs.
- The old pigpens needed new fencing before winter.
- Her room looks like one of those pigpens behind the barn.
- The restaurant kitchen was shut down because it resembled pigpens.
- Modern pigpens are designed with better ventilation systems.