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
The terminal moraine is the dumping-ground of this mass of material, where the ice river melts.
From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Rogers, Julia Ellen
The rest, something like a score, were ultimately overpowered, sent to prison and tried in the good old style, and sentenced to transportation to the criminal dumping-ground of Western Australia.
From Looking Seaward Again by Runciman, Walter
Contrary to general opinion, the intestines are not a dumping-ground but a digestive organ.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Jackson, Josephine A.
The loss of the American colonies had deprived Britain of her chief dumping-ground for convicts.
From The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History by Muir, Ramsay
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