Meaning

2 senses
  1. A heap of dung, especially one for agricultural purposes.

    Misthaufen

    наво́зная ку́чаnavóznaja kúča

    ку́па гно́юkúpa hnóju

    a heap of dung or refuse

  2. (derogatory, figuratively)Any wretchedly mean, dirty or loathsome place, situation or condition.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

    deJeder Hahn kräht auf seinem eigenen Misthaufen.

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  2. A cock is bold on his dunghill.

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  3. A cock is bold on his own dunghill.

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  4. What need you care, Sir, whose dunghill you shit on!

    deMein Herr, was kümmert es Sie, auf wessen Misthaufen Sie scheißen?

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Translations

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: dunghills

Synonyms

4 synonyms
muckheapdungheap
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddunghilly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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