Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US, derogatory, slang)Any poor town or out-of-the-way place that is populated by hillbillies and their farm animals.

Origin

From hog + waller (pig bed), akin to hog island and hog town, late 19th century. It appear

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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Forms

plural: hog wallers

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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