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dunghil

dunghil is the obsolete spelling of dunghill.

Meaning of dunghill

Noun

dunghill (plural dunghills)

  1. A heap of dung, especially one for agricultural purposes.
    • “A purty thing, indeed, that a child of her's shud be put an a shovel, an' flung out on the dunghill jist like a dead kitten or a pisoned rat; no, no, she wouldn't hear to that at all.”1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 522
    Synonyms:
    muckheap, dungheap
  2. (derogatory, figuratively) Any wretchedly mean, dirty or loathsome place, situation or condition.
    • He raiſeth vp the poore out of the duſt: and lifteth the needie out of the dung-hill:1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 113:7–7, signature Ggg3, recto, column 1

Forms of dunghil

pluraldunghils

Questions about dunghil

What is dunghil the obsolete spelling of?
Dunghil is the obsolete spelling of dunghill.

Words near dunghil in the dictionary

  1. dungfly
  2. dungfork
  3. dungforks
  4. dungheap
  5. dungheaps
  6. dunghil
  7. dunghill
  8. dunghills
  9. dunghilly
  10. dunghils
  11. dunghole

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