dumping-ground
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dumping-ground
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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European bishops "regarded America as a convenient dumping-ground for rubbish," and he grew "weary of eccentric Frenchmen and quarrelsome and bibulous Gaels."
From Time Magazine Archive
But Mr. Long, unwilling to share the fate of Mr. Tennant, suggested that the Secretary for Scotland would form a more appropriate dumping-ground for Mr. Watt's dossier.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Toom, tōōm, adj. empty.—n. a dumping-ground for rubbish.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
At last we got to the dumping-ground spot again—the spot where we horsemen have to come to earth and walk, and where everything is unbaled from the limbers.
From Bullets & Billets by Bairnsfather, Bruce
An examination showed that this was a second, nearer dumping-ground for all the garbage and refuse of the swarm which could not be thrown down on the kitchen middens far below.
From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William
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