ash heap
Americannoun
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ash heaps
plural
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a pile of ashes and often also other garbage; dustheap.
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a place, status, or condition characterized by disregard or neglect.
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He managed to salvage a few shovels and drill bits from the ash heap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
Fitch then relegated those conditions to the ash heap of history.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2021
Another week, another unwritten rule of the game thrown on the ash heap of history.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
ONE OF the more pernicious legacies of the Jim Crow era, the lifetime ban on voting by felons, is finally being tossed on history’s ash heap — a good place for it.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2020
“You’re not sure of anything. That’s why you’re throwing poor Kareem on some ash heap before he even had a chance.”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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