English Explanatory Dictionary

Seeley's pigs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Unused blocks of iron kept in government dockyards.

Word forms

Seeley's pigs

Etymology

From the surname, Seeley, of a member of parliament who called attention in the House of Commons to the waste of pig iron in the dockyards.

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