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Seeley's pigs

(UK, slang, obsolete) Unused blocks of iron kept in government dockyards.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK, slang, obsolete) Unused blocks of iron kept in government dockyards.

Origin: 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. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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