dunghill

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

dunghill
    n 1: a foul or degraded condition
    2: a heap of dung or refuse [syn: {dunghill}, {midden},
       {muckheap}, {muckhill}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dunghill \Dung"hill`\, n.
   1. A heap of dung.
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   2. Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.
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            He . . . lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. --
                                                  1. Sam. ii. 8.
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   {Dunghill fowl}, a domestic fowl of common breed.
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from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Dung-hill
to sit on a, was a sign of the deepest dejection (1 Sam. 2:8;
Ps. 113:7; Lam. 4:5).

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