dustheap
Americannoun
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a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
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oblivion; obscurity; disregard; disuse.
He was consigned to the dustheap after many years of public service.
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Origin of dustheap
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Other reminders have ended up on history's dustheap.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among them is Mecham, rising phoenix-like from the political dustheap just two years after he was thrown out of office.
From Time Magazine Archive
On a continent normally consigned to the political and economic dustheap, Yoweri Museveni has amply demonstrated that he is something different.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a result, his book is destined for the dustheap of famous-people-I-have-met books.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such fires are often caused by wood ashes from the hearth thrown on the dustheap while yet some embers contain sufficient heat to fire straw or rubbish.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
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