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Midden (?), n. [Also midding.] [Cf. Dan. mögdynge, E. muck, and dung.]
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1. A dunghill. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens.
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