Mudheap

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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with Vega, Armatrading, Cockburn, and a few others who've rescued forgotten kernels of coolness from the mudheap of outdated singer-songwriter cliches[…"

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"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with Vega, Armatrading, Cockburn, and a few others who've rescued forgotten kernels of coolness from the mudheap of outdated singer-songwriter cliches[…"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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