dustheap
Americannoun
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a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
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oblivion; obscurity; disregard; disuse.
He was consigned to the dustheap after many years of public service.
Etymology
Origin of dustheap
Example Sentences
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Among them is Mecham, rising phoenix-like from the political dustheap just two years after he was thrown out of office.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a result, his book is destined for the dustheap of famous-people-I-have-met books.
From Time Magazine Archive
The more realistic among them can easily imagine ending up like Erich Honecker and his comrades: on the dustheap of history or in the dock.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other reminders have ended up on history's dustheap.
From Time Magazine Archive
I should be sorry to add to the dustheap of rubbishy talk about Art, but thought and emotion, though it is legitimate to live by them, are not on all fours with other merchandise.
From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
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