hogswallop

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noun

Nonsense, rubbish.

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Meanings

nounhogswallop (uncountable)

alternative hog swallop · alternative hog's wallop

  1. uncountableNonsense, rubbish.

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

    1971, John le Carré, The Naïve and Sentimental Lover

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
codswallop

Origin

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

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APA

hogswallop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hogswallop

MLA

“hogswallop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hogswallop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hogswallop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hogswallop.

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