mid-14c., "dung hill," of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish mødding, from møg "muck" (see muck (n.)) + dynge "heap of dung" (see dung). Modern archaeological sense of "kitchen midden" is from Danish excavations.
实用例句
1. Better woo over the midden than over the moor.
愿嫁邻家男,不嫁外乡汉.
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2. He spewed sentences whose dependent clauses piled up into midden heaps of outrage or joy.
