Meanings
prepositional phrase
- At the lowest level in a list or hierarchy.
Dad tried and tried to get a different job, any job. But jobs in the town were scarce, and a man with a wooden leg always found himself at the bottom of the pile.
2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
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APA
at the bottom of the pile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20the%20bottom%20of%20the%20pile
MLA
“at the bottom of the pile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20the%20bottom%20of%20the%20pile. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at the bottom of the pile,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20the%20bottom%20of%20the%20pile.
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