dustheap

[ duhst-heep ]

noun

1. a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
2. oblivion; obscurity; disregard; disuse:

   He was consigned to the dustheap after many years of public service.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dustheap¹

First recorded in 1645–55; dust + heap

Example Sentences

As they fell, they were relegated to the nearest dustheap, and their places remained vacant.

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Perhaps even then you will agree with us and admire many a seedling that the hidebound fancier would consign to the dustheap.

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So they threw it on a dustheap where the dead Swallow was also lying.

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Amongst other things we spoke of the affairs of "The Dustheap," a little Club of which we were both members.

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Finally the gazelle dies of sorrow, and Sultan Darai dreams that he is scratching on his old dustheap.

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