Mudheap
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A heap of mud; by extension, any pile of metaphorical detritus
"Pamela Lillard's bluesy urban folk-rock lands her in a ballpark with Vega, Armatrading, Cockburn, and a few others who've rescued forgotten kernels of coolness from the mudheap of outdated singer-songwriter cliches[…"
Example
More examples"Pamela Lillard's bluesy urban folk-rock lands her in a ballpark with Vega, Armatrading, Cockburn, and a few others who've rescued forgotten kernels of coolness from the mudheap of outdated singer-songwriter cliches[…"
Etymology
From mud + heap.
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