midden

Example Sentences

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Wearing my lovely new walking boots, I suddenly realise I have stumbled on a "midden" - a pungent pile of rhinoceros poo.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2022

“There is shell midden over here,” he said, referring to the mix of broken bone and shell left from cooking fires hundreds and thousands of years ago.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2022

One theory archaeologists are knocking about is the trove or artifacts might have been a midden or pit where detritus was tossed.

From Washington Times • Apr. 27, 2019

“A shell heap or shell midden — it’s basically their trash.”

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2017

Without stopping to ask, she grabbed it up and ran with the child into the middle of the midden.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen