dunghill

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dunghill

/ˈdʌŋ.hɪl/
/ˈdʌŋ.hɪl/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈdɐŋ.hɪl/ Australia
/ˈdɐŋ.həl/ New Zealand
/ˈɖəŋ.hɪl/ India

Rhymes with -ʌŋhɪl, -ɪl

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Inherited from Middle English donghil. By surface analysis, dung + hill.

noun dunghills · dung-hill · dunghil · dung-hil

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.”
Similar: muckheap, dungheap
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:

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noun heap of dung

Español	estercolero
中文	糞堆 /粪堆 fènduī
Português	esterqueira, esterquilínio, estrumeira
Deutsch	Misthaufen
Ελληνικά	σωρός κοπριάς sorós kopriás
Русский	наво́зная ку́ча navóznaja kúča

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@misc{dunghill_2026,
  title = {dunghill},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dunghill},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}