Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pit in which mushrooms and other fungi are cultivated.
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Examples
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When it is heavy, rainy weather, they all come in, wet through; and at such times the vapours of the court are like those of a fungus-pit.
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841
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When it is heavy, rainy weather, they all come in, wet through; and at such times the vapours of the court are like those of a fungus-pit.
The Pickwick papers 1836
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