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noun

Midden n. (Also midding)

A dunghill. (Prov. Eng.)

An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Midden" Quotes from Famous Books

... the kerosene-tins still stood in the sheltered angle by the chimney, but the flowers were dead; the smooth-trodden radius round the door was no longer swept except by the winds of heaven, and was becoming a midden whence antiquaries of future ages might sift out priceless relics with unpronounceable names. A strange dog came to the door-step, gave a single bark, and re-entered; then Jack the Shellback appeared, and, recognising me, got a larger quantity of profanity and ...

— Such is Life • Joseph Furphy

... small island. The chief food of the people was evidently shell-fish, since great heaps of the shells had accumulated in the shallow water between the houses and the land, forming a regular "kitchen-midden" for the exploration of some future archeologist. We spent the night in the chief's house, and the next morning went over to the mainland to look out for a place where I could reside. This part of Waigiou is really another island to the south of the narrow channel we had passed through ...

— The Malay Archipelago - Volume II. (of II.) • Alfred Russel Wallace

Words linked to "Midden" : agglomerate, archeology, mound, heap, rubbish dump, muckheap, wasteyard, garbage dump, dump, dunghill, trash dump