dunghill noun & adjective. ['dʌŋhɪl] ME.
[from DUNG noun + HILL noun.]
A. noun.
1. A heap of dung or refuse in a farmyard etc. ME.

2. transf. & fig.
a. A mass of filth; a disgusting place or situation. E16.
b. A vile or base person. M16.
c. [from dunghill cock below.] A coward. arch. M18.

Comb.:
dunghill cock, dunghill fowl, etc., (arch.) a common barnyard fowl as opp. to a gamecock.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Vile as a dunghill; base; cowardly. arch. LME.

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