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dunghills

dunghills is the plural 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

Questions about dunghills

What is dunghills the plural of?
Dunghills is the plural of dunghill.

Words near dunghills in the dictionary

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

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