dumping ground
Example Sentences
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European bishops "regarded America as a convenient dumping-ground for rubbish," and he grew "weary of eccentric Frenchmen and quarrelsome and bibulous Gaels."
From Time Magazine Archive
It was enough that the United States was made the dumping-ground of the criminal courts of Europe, without having it forced upon him in this semi-contemptuous fashion.
From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison
Its stones were carted away, and the churchyard, overgrown with weeds, became the dumping-ground for rubbish.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
He took a great bog or swamp that lay to the north of the village and was used as a village dumping-ground.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Hubbard, Elbert
Contrary to general opinion, the intestines are not a dumping-ground but a digestive organ.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Jackson, Josephine A.
