Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The site of a dunghill or muck-heap; a place where dung is stored.
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Examples
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( "Muck" Andrew earned his nickname by disputing 30 years in court over a "middenstead" - a dung heap.)
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"Put them in the malt-kiln," said M'Aulay; "and keep the breadth of the middenstead between them and the M'Donalds; they are but unfriends to each other."
A Legend of Montrose Walter Scott 1801
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“Put them in the malt-kiln,” said M’Aulay; “and keep the breadth of the middenstead between them and the M’Donalds; they are but unfriends to each other.”
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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