Synonyms for sty

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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