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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dunghill \Dung"hill`\, n. 1. A heap of dung. 2. Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode. He . . . lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. -- 1. Sam. ii 8. {Dunghill fowl}, a domestic fowl of common breed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dunghill n 1: a foul or degraded condition 2: a heap of dung or refuse [syn: {midden}, {muckheap}, {muckhill}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Dung-hill to sit on a, was a sign of the deepest dejection (1 Sam. 2:8; Ps 113:7; Lam. 4:5).
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