refuse heap
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This is Los Angeles in the year 2019, when most of the earth’s inhabitants have colonized other planets, and only a polyglot refuse heap of humanity remains.
From Time • Jun. 25, 2012
This is Los Angeles in the year 2019, when most of the earth�s inhabitants have colonized other planets, and only a polyglot refuse heap of humanity remains.
From Time • Mar. 4, 2011
This is Los Angeles in the year 2019, when most of the earth's inhabitants have colonized other planets, and only a polyglot refuse heap of humanity remains.
From Time Magazine Archive
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On the cave floor what looked to me like nothing in particular turned out to be an ancient midden: a refuse heap.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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But where a grain of salt had parted with its savor, there was naught else that could impart saltiness to it, and it became worthless and fit only for the refuse heap.
From Mystic Christianity by Atkinson, William Walker