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
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
Poor old, overworked heredity is the dumping-ground for the most of our laziness, perversity and shortcomings!
From Confessions of a Neurasthenic by Marrs, William Taylor
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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
