dunghilly

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English

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Etymology

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From dunghill +‎ -y.

Adjective

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dunghilly (comparative more dunghilly, superlative most dunghilly)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dunghill.
    • 1872, Charles Reade, A Terrible Temptation, page 213:
      Hours in the stables, learning to talk horsy and smell dunghilly.