devil's dung
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of devil's dung
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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Memorable moments included calling the unfettered drive for money "the devil's dung" and receiving, albeit with apparent hesitation, a hammer and sickle crucifix from Bolivian President Evo Morales.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2015
Another remedy recommended by M. Mégnin was the strong smelling vermifuge assafoetida, known sometimes by the suggestive name of "devil's dung."
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 by Various
Then there is the "devil's tree," and the "devil's dung" is one of the nicknames of the assafoetida.
From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)
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