n. A heap of dung, especially one for agricultural purposes; a muckheap, dungheap.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A heap of dung.
n. Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A heap of dung.
n. Hence Figuratively— A mean or vile abode.
n. Any degraded situation or condition.
n. A man meanly born: a term of abuse.
Sprung from the dunghill; mean; low; base.
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n. a heap of dung or refuse
n. a foul or degraded condition
Word Usage
"In purging the New Testament of its miracles and of the very notion of the Resurrection, Jefferson claimed he was separating the "diamonds" from a "dunghill.""