dunghil

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dunghil (plural dunghils)

  1. Obsolete spelling of dunghill.
    • 1662, Jacques Olivier, translated by Richard Banke, A Discourse of Women, Shewing Their Imperfections Alphabetically, →OCLC, page 6:
      The sacred Scriptures [] called her a filthy Swine in reference to her Turpitudes. As a Jewel of Gold in a Swines Snout, so is a fair woman without discretion: a Dunghil for her Nastiness and Filthyness,