hog waller

See also: hogwaller

English

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.

Noun

hog waller (plural hog wallers)

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

Alternative forms

Synonyms

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.