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Antonyms for hogwash

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hawg-wosh, -wawsh, hog-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔgˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈhɒg-

Definition of hogwash

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "slops fed to pigs," from hog (n.) + wash (n.). Extended to "cheap liquor" (1712) then to "inferior writing" (1773).
  • noun nonsense
Example sentences :
  • Wot's the good of your ladlin' out that hogwash about huntin'?
  • Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte
  • Hogwash was beaten and so were all the favourites, and an outsider had won.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Joe's Stories » by Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugesson, First Baron Brabourne
  • My friends, I have heard the vows which Paaker has poured out over our pure altars, like hogwash that men set before swine.
  • Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers

Synonyms for hogwash

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