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
An examination showed that this was a second, nearer dumping-ground for all the garbage and refuse of the swarm which could not be thrown down on the kitchen middens far below.
From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William
When the gourds are ripe, these vines look like the dumping-ground for numerous poor, discarded oranges.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
The loss of the American colonies had deprived Britain of her chief dumping-ground for convicts.
From The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History by Muir, Ramsay
When the train arrived at the dumping-ground the drum was started, and the plough, advancing from the rear, swept the 320 cubic yards and rock from the sixteen cars in seven minutes.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon
