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midden

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Definition:
1. a dung pile
2. a heap of refuse
3. a prehistoric refuse pile of shells and bones
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"Kill the reptile! No, killing's too good. Drown him in the midden-pit!"

Anton Chekhov. The Horse Stealers and other Stories: Ward No. 6
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he drew nearer, and was thin and mangy. Perhaps he had trouble hunting, and infirmity was what drew him to the prison midden to scavenge.

Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Snakes of river fog creep slowly. From drains, clefts, cesspools, middens arise on all sides stagnant fumes.

James Joyce. Ulysses
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There is a mound of broken liquor bottles behind the village; a modern midden.

Brian Doyle. The Plover, p.197 (2014)
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And home was as squalid psychically as physically. Psychically, it was a rabbit hole, a midden, hot with the frictions of tightly packed life, reeking with emotion.

Aldous Huxley. Brave New World, p.24 (1932)
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