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Seeley's pigs
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English
Etymology
From the surname, en Seeley, of a member of parliament who called attention in the House of Commons to the waste of pig iron in the dockyards.
Noun
p Seeley's pigs
en UK slang obsolete Unused blocks of iron kept in government dockyards.
References
en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary
en eponyms