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Grammar : Noun
Spell : stahy
Phonetic Transcription : staɪ



Définition of sty

Origin :
  • "pen for pigs," Old English sti, stig "hall, pen" (in sti-fearh), from Proto-Germanic *stijan (cf. Old Norse stia "sty, kennel," Old High German stiga "pen for small cattle").
  • noun den
  • noun dirty place
Example sentences :
  • "This is what love can be these days, foul as two pigs in a sty," said the harbor.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • You're in Bermondsey, mister, an' if you tyke my advice you'll go 'ome an' sty 'ome.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Do you know why you are fed so well while you stay in this sty?
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • Here, nine out of every ten of the guarijos we've seen, live like hogs in a sty.
  • Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • For a while, I and my brother lived on in that sty and kept ourselves.
  • Extract from : « Novel Notes » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • And the girls heard the hungry grunting of a pig in its sty.
  • Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe
  • Jack looked at a fat pig in the sty with the eye of an ogre.
  • Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • In the village I have just come from the squire has had a pig stolen out of his sty.
  • Extract from : « Folk-lore and Legends: German » by Anonymous
  • I not know what pigs are till I see them in the sty at the mission.
  • Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner
  • There is a calf in the barn,” he said, laughing, “and plenty of little pigs in the sty.
  • Extract from : « Minnie's Pet Lamb » by Madeline Leslie

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