pigwash

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pig +‎ wash.

Noun

pigwash (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of pigswill.
    • 1959, XVIth International Veterinary Congress, Madrid, 21-27 May, 1959:
      In the pigwashes prepared with well-waters of high nitrate-content —under certain conditions— the different ubiquiter, facultative anaerobe saprophyte soil-bacteria reduce the nitrate to nitrite in sufficient quantity to poison the animals.
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