pigwash

English

Alternative forms

• pigswash, pig's-wash

Etymology

From pig +‎ wash.

Noun

pigwash (uncountable)

1. Synonym of pigswill
   • 1959, XVIth International Veterinary Congress, Madrid, 21-27 May, 1959:

     In the pigwashes prepared with well-waters of high nitrate-content —under certain conditions— the different ubiquiter, facultative anaerobe saprophyte soil-bacteria reduce the nitrate to nitrite in sufficient quantity to poison the animals.