dumping ground
Example Sentences
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European bishops "regarded America as a convenient dumping-ground for rubbish," and he grew "weary of eccentric Frenchmen and quarrelsome and bibulous Gaels."
From Time Magazine Archive
At last we got to the dumping-ground spot again—the spot where we horsemen have to come to earth and walk, and where everything is unbaled from the limbers.
From Bullets & Billets by Bairnsfather, Bruce
It was enough that the United States was made the dumping-ground of the criminal courts of Europe, without having it forced upon him in this semi-contemptuous fashion.
From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison
Toom, tōōm, adj. empty.—n. a dumping-ground for rubbish.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
But Mr. Long, unwilling to share the fate of Mr. Tennant, suggested that the Secretary for Scotland would form a more appropriate dumping-ground for Mr. Watt's dossier.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
