dunghill
a heap of dung.
a repugnantly filthy or degraded place, abode, or situation.
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How to use dunghill in a sentence
But like all dunghill products, the life of these was ephemeral.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals | T. C. DeLeonA dunghill, on which the imperial commissioners chanced to be deposited, had saved them from injury.
The Thirty Years War, Complete | Friedrich SchillerThe monster had the head and breast of the dunghill champion, and "thence downwards the body of a serpent."
Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore | Charles HardwickAfter which the bird barked, and came and sat on the dunghill by Charles.
Ravenshoe | Henry KingsleyThere is a scent here sweeter than that of the dunghill, or the dandy's essences—what is it?
Ravenshoe | Henry Kingsley
British Dictionary definitions for dunghill
/ (ˈdʌŋˌhɪl) /
a heap of dung
a foul place, condition, or person
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