duskheap

Example Sentences

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I was close to the edge of this inferno of dustheaps.

From Dracula's Guest by Stoker, Bram

She and her husband had worked too, and had brought their simple faith and honour clean out of dustheaps.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles

Well, well, times he takes a notion to scrummage in dustheaps, the lil' scavenger!

From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley

Then he turned to these dreadful ten whom he had revivified from the dustheaps and garrets of Vraidex, and it became apparent that Miramon was deeply moved.

From Figures of Earth by Cabell, James Branch

So Miramon did what was requisite, and from the garrets and dustheaps of Vraidex came strong allies.

From Figures of Earth by Cabell, James Branch