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Definition of Muckheap

1. Noun. A heap of dung or refuse.

Definition of Muckheap

1. a dunghill [n -S] - See also: dunghill

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muckheap

Literary usage of Muckheap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1898)
"In other words, the pathogenic germ requires, as in the case of certain other seeds, a muckheap for its growth. All efforts must consequently be made in two ..."

2. Works of Fisher Ames: With a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence by Fisher Ames (1854)
"We flame, we soar on eagles' wings, as high as barn-door fowl, and, like them, we light to scratch again in the muckheap. Alter the Constitution; amend it, ..."

3. Aristophanes' Apology: Including a Transcript from Euripides Being the Last by Robert Browning (1875)
"The only drawback to which huge delight,— (He saw it, how he saw it, that calm cold Sagacity you call Euripides !) —Why, 'tis that, make a muckheap of a man ..."

4. The Lancet (1898)
"In other words, the pathogenic germ requires, as in the case of certain other seeds, a muckheap for its growth. All efforts must consequently be made in two ..."

5. Works of Fisher Ames: With a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence by Fisher Ames (1854)
"We flame, we soar on eagles' wings, as high as barn-door fowl, and, like them, we light to scratch again in the muckheap. Alter the Constitution; amend it, ..."

6. Aristophanes' Apology: Including a Transcript from Euripides Being the Last by Robert Browning (1875)
"The only drawback to which huge delight,— (He saw it, how he saw it, that calm cold Sagacity you call Euripides !) —Why, 'tis that, make a muckheap of a man ..."

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