slag heap

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noun

a hillock of waste matter from coal mining, etc

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Words nearby slag heap

slack water, slag, slag cement, slag down, slaggy, slag heap, slain, slàinte mhath, slake, slaked lime, slaker

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How to use slag heap in a sentence

We could toss all this information onto the ever-growing “Oh, those crazy Republicans” slag heap, have a laugh, and let it go.
The GOP Plan to Steal Elections|Michael Tomasky|January 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He walked fearlessly between the workshops, and climbed to the top of a slag heap.
Tell Me Another Story|Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Dakin, wandered into the slag-heap and took part in the battle, helping to kill some of the Boche there.
The Fifth Leicestershire|J.D. Hills
I shall fire some rockets from the slag heap to-night about ten o'clock.
War and the Weird|Forbes Phillips

This is the immense slag-heap of the ironworks at Stanton-by-Dale, impressive even to the modern beholder.
The Old Inns of Old England, Volume II (of 2)|Charles G. Harper
To the south of Lens there is a slag-heap overgrown with weeds called the Green Crassier.
From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917|Philip Gibbs