midden : Idioms & Phrases

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eitchen midden

  • noun (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
    kitchen midden; eitchen midden; midden.
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kitchen midden

  • noun (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
    kitchen midden; eitchen midden; midden.
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kitchen middens

  • noun (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
    kitchen midden; eitchen midden; midden.
WordNet
Kitch"en mid`dens
Etymology
Dan. kjök-kenmöddings kitchen leavings; cf. Scot. midden a dunghill.
Definitions
  1. Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide. The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians.
Webster 1913

midden crow

Mid"den crow"
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The common European crow. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913