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hog waller

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
hog waller
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any poor town or out-of-the-way place that is populated by hillbillies and their farm animals.

American usage; Derogatory; Slang

Etymology

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hog wallers (plural) hogwaller (alternative)

Phrases

hog-wallowing hog island hog town

Frequently Paired Words

hog-wallowing hog island hog town

Synonyms

Podunk

Questions

What does hog waller mean?
Any poor town or out-of-the-way place that is populated by hillbillies and their farm animals.
Where does hog waller come from?
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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