˜yÐÄvlog

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midden

[ mid-n ]

noun

  1. a dunghill or refuse heap.


midden

/ ˈ³¾Éª»åÉ™²Ô /

noun

    1. a dunghill or pile of refuse
    2. a dustbin
    3. an earth closet
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of midden1

1300–50; Middle English midding < Old Danish mykdyngja, equivalent to myk manure + dyngja pile ( Danish ³¾Ã¸»å»å¾±²Ô²µ )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of midden1

C14: from Scandinavian; compare Danish ³¾Ã¶»å»å¾±²Ô²µ from ³¾Ã¶²µ muck + dynge pile
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With the man's son directing them, the HTS security force drives to one of the poorer neighbourhoods, weaving through a warren of back streets, past scrapyards and middens.

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Encircling the footprint of each roundhouse were "middens," haloes of rubbish dumped from the stilt village above, included broken pots, butchered animal bone, and "coprolites" or fossilised faeces.

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The high presence of hearths and mollusk and fish remains in the middens suggests that the area was used for the processing and consumption of marine resources.

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In the summer of 2022, a team of researchers visited Greenland to take soil samples from heaps of human and animal waste, or middens, dating from the smallpox epidemic and before.

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Their bones have been recovered from refuse piles -- called middens -- alongside shells, fish bones and other scraps from previous meals.

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