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Midden

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mid⋅den

  [mid-n]
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–noun
1. a dunghill or refuse heap.
2. kitchen midden.
Origin:
1300–50; ME midding < ODan mykdyngja, equiv. to myk manure + dyngja pile (Dan mødding)
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mid·den   (mĭd'n)   
n.  

  1. A dunghill or refuse heap.

  2. Archaeology A mound or deposit containing shells, animal bones, and other refuse that indicates the site of a human settlement. Also called kitchen midden.


[Middle English midding, of Scandinavian origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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midden 
"dung hill," c.1340, of Scand. origin, cf. Dan. mødding, from møg "muck" + dynge "heap, dung." Modern archaeological sense of "kitchen midden" is from Danish excavations.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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