hog waller

== 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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hog waller (plural hog wallers) (slang, US, derogatory) Any poor town or out-of-the-way place that is populated by hillbillies and their farm animals. ==== Alternative forms ==== hogwaller ==== Synonyms ==== Podunk ==== Related terms ==== hog-wallowing hog island hog town === References === hog waller; hog island, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, by Jonathon Green, 2nd edition, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.: 2005, →ISBN. Sorensen, Adam (29 November 2007), “Where's the pork? The rise and fall of the Hogwaller name”, in The Hook (newspaper)‎[1], Charlottesville, retrieved 24 February 2008 “Where's the pork? The rise and fall of the Hogwaller name”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2], (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 29 February 2008