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dunghill

[ duhng-hil ]

/ ˈdʌŋˌhɪl /

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noun

a heap of dung.

a repugnantly filthy or degraded place, abode, or situation.

Origin of dunghill

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at dung, hill

Words nearby dunghill

dungeness, dungeness crab, dungeon, dungeons and dragons, dunger, dunghill, dunham, duniewassal, dunite, duniwassal, dunk

Example sentences from the Web for dunghill

Here they do nothing of the kind, and there is not a street that has a decent pavement nor a corner that is not a dunghill.

Cities of the Dawn |J. Ewing Ritchie
Who prayed that the poor might be raised from the dust; the suffering, the orphan, and the helpless from the dunghill?

History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) |Heinrich Graetz
My horses ready, my men waiting, my boy dying for want of me, and myself dead in a dunghill.

The Blind Mother and The Last Confession |Hall Caine
But when he reached Kentucky it would be a different proposition; he would be a rooster on his own dunghill.

Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight |Mathew Joseph Holt

A flower was opening its petals though it grew on a dunghill.

Expositions of Holy Scripture |Alexander Maclaren

British Dictionary definitions for dunghill

dunghill

/ (ˈdʌŋˌhɪl) /

noun

a heap of dung

a foul place, condition, or person