hoggery

English

Etymology

hog +‎ -ery

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɒɡəɹi/

Noun

hoggery (plural hoggeries)

Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness.
- 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “(please specify either |book=1 to 9 or the page)”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
  Crime and shame
  And all their hoggery.
A place where pigs are kept.

References

“hoggery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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