hog waller

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Definition of hog waller in English English dictionary

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

Related Terms

hog wallers

plural form of hog waller

hogwaller

Alternative spelling of hog waller

Hyphenation

hog Wal·ler

Turkish pronunciation

häg wôlır

Synonyms

podunk

Pronunciation

/ˈhäg ˈwôlər/ /ˈhɑːɡ ˈwɔːlɜr/

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.