swine

noun/swaɪn/

Frequency rank: #8,066 most common English word

Meaning

pigs, especially when kept as livestock; also used as an insult for a greedy or unpleasant person.

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Example sentence

The farmer spent his morning feeding swine in the muddy pen behind the barn.

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