Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A heap of bones.
- noun In archaeology, a refuse-pile containing bones and other remnants of food of a prehistoric village. Bone-heaps are also found near villages of modern primitive tribes.
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Examples
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Darwinism needs to be allowed to work it's magic, otherwise humans are going to end up along with dinosaurs on bone-heap of natural history.
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In the first place, not America, but the ancient bone-heap of Europe, where every grain of soil has passed through innumerable human bodies.
Inside the Whale 1940
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In the first place, not America, but the ancient bone-heap of Europe, where every grain of soil has passed through innumerable human bodies.
Collected Essays 1900
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