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.
Etymology
Origin of dustheap
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The more realistic among them can easily imagine ending up like Erich Honecker and his comrades: on the dustheap of history or in the dock.
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
After more than 60 years on the dustheap of aviation history, the Zeppelin is making a comeback--sort of.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other reminders have ended up on history's dustheap.
From Time Magazine Archive
"On strict business principles, altruism apart, why not take what we can get out of Tim Gorman's invention and let the thing itself drop into the dustheap?"
From Gossamer 1915 by George A. Birmingham
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