slag heap

noun

1. a hillock of waste matter from coal mining, etc

Example Sentences

We could toss all this information onto the ever-growing “Oh, those crazy Republicans” slag heap, have a laugh, and let it go.

From The Daily Beast

He walked fearlessly between the workshops, and climbed to the top of a slag heap.

From Project Gutenberg

Dakin, wandered into the slag-heap and took part in the battle, helping to kill some of the Boche there.

From Project Gutenberg

I shall fire some rockets from the slag heap to-night about ten o'clock.

From Project Gutenberg

This is the immense slag-heap of the ironworks at Stanton-by-Dale, impressive even to the modern beholder.

From Project Gutenberg

To the south of Lens there is a slag-heap overgrown with weeds called the Green Crassier.

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