Hogswallop

Alternative forms

• hog swallop
• hog's wallop

Origin

Variant of codswallop, by analogy with swill ("pig food, garbage").

Full definition of hogswallop

Noun

1. Nonsense, rubbish.
• 1971, John le Carré, The Naïve and Sentimental LoverOne law for him, another for us. Hogswallop. Shamus has conned us, Cassidy. Shamus has pulled off the biggest bloody load of hokum …

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