Meanings
plural hog wallers · alternative hogwaller
- USderogatoryslangAny poor town or out-of-the-way place that is populated by hillbillies and their farm animals.
Synonyms: Podunk
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny poor town or out-of-the-way place that is populated by hillbillies and their farm animals.
Origin
From hog + waller (pig bed), akin to hog island and hog town, late 19th century. It appears to have developed as a portrayal of some parts of the American rural South no later than 1915, when a syndicated column called The Hogwallow News can be documented as running in some American newspapers.
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hog waller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hog%20waller
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