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go to pigs and whistles

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
go -to pigs and whis-tles
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be ruined.

Archaic

Usage

Inflected Forms

goes to pigs and whistles (present, singular) going to pigs and whistles (participle, present) went to pigs and whistles (past) gone to pigs and whistles (participle, past)

Phrases

make pigs and whistles of something

Frequently Paired Words

make pigs and whistles of something

Questions

What does go to pigs and whistles mean?
To be ruined.

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