Synonyms for hogwash
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hawg-wosh, -wawsh, hog- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔgˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈhɒg- |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for hogwash
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