bone yard
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The same tactic was used successfully in the 1966 election by Richard Nixon, who rose from the bone yard by crisscrossing the country to speak for candidates and build up political credits.
From Time Magazine Archive
Navy, but soon these flags would be hauled down and she would be towed off to the bone yard.
From Time Magazine Archive
For them, Broadway is not a safe haven, but a bone yard.
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Apart from Sweeney Todd, this Broadway season has been a musical bone yard Uttered with seemingly logical decisions.
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Beyond the bone yard, this tree trunk was covered with a heavy coating of moss.
From Camps and Trails by Abbott, Henry
