mudheap

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noun

A heap of mud; by extension, any pile of metaphorical detritus

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Meanings

nounmudheap (plural mudheaps)

plural mudheaps

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with Vega, Armatrading, Cockburn, and a few others who've rescued forgotten kernels of coolness from the mudheap of outdated singer-songwriter cliches[…

    1988 January 22, Renaldo Migaldi, “Pamela Lillard & the Rubba Band”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

From mud + heap.

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Cite this entry
APA

mudheap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudheap

MLA

“mudheap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudheap. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mudheap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudheap.

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