dumping-ground

[ duhm-ping-ground ]

noun

Origin of dumping-ground

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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As a consequence, the white-collar gays of D.C. have turned Secret into a dumping ground for personalized gossip.
The App Bringing Out The Best/Worst in Washington’s Gays | Scott Bixby | May 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
That 2009 film came out in January, a time generally thought to be the dumping ground, to gross $183 million.
For Movie Studios, March Is Hot | Chris Lee | March 3, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Tom DeLay was just convicted, joining a long list of famous faces that made news during a quiet dumping ground.
Holiday Weekend Scandals | Rebecca Dana | November 24, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Reaching the dumping ground, standing between the handles of the wheel-barrow, Alfred attempted to overturn it.
Watch Yourself Go By | Al. G. Field
America long remained a dumping-ground for nearly all the nations of the world having an excess of population.
As A Chinaman Saw Us | Anonymous

But no Colonist looks forward to his country remaining for ever the dumping ground for British manufactures.
Are we Ruined by the Germans? | Harold Cox
As to the foreigners, Europe has used us for a dumping ground for considerable moral and political refuse.
Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association | Various
Its stones were carted away, and the churchyard, overgrown with weeds, became the dumping-ground for rubbish.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 | Various

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