Hogswallop

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Nonsense, rubbish. uncountable

    "One law for him, another for us. Hogswallop. Shamus has conned us, Cassidy. Shamus has pulled off the biggest bloody load of hokum …"

Synonyms

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codswallopcodswallopcodswallop

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"One law for him, another for us. Hogswallop. Shamus has conned us, Cassidy. Shamus has pulled off the biggest bloody load of hokum …"

Etymology

Variant of codswallop, by analogy with swill (“pig food, garbage”).

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