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ash
-
heap
A
heap
of
ashes
.
A
collection
of
ashes
and
household
waste
.
Synonym:
ash-heap-cake
(
figurative
)
A state of
ruin
.
In 1980, when I was 10 years old, Jimmy Carter was going to leave our country on an
ash heap
.
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