midden
Example Sentences
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So far, none of the tribes he works with has insisted on midden preservation — though that’s a conversation he’d like to intensify in the coming year, as the erosion threat increases.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
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
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
His beard was like a forest of ice-covered trees in midwinter, his eyebrows like a field of thistles, his breath as rank and foul as a midden in a bog.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
