dunghill

Example Sentences

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He once described himself to one of his children as “a machine condemned to devour books and then throw them, in a changed form, on the dunghill of history.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 3, 2016

Jefferson said the work was like extracting diamonds from a dunghill.

From Salon • May 31, 2012

For a great many, the dunghill has become a natural habitat.

From Time Magazine Archive

There he was," said a bitter rival, "crowing like a cock upon his own dunghill.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gramps had a half-dozen turkeys, as many geese, a few ducks and a large flock of mongrel chickens that ranged from fussy little bantams to huge dunghill roosters.

From The Black Fawn by Kjelgaard, James Arthur