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ant-heap

ant-heap

See also: antheap

English

Noun

ant-heap (plural ant-heaps)

  1. An ant-hill.
    • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 9:
      The floor was made of crushed ant-heap, the hard dome of excavated earth above an ant colony, and was kept smooth by smearing it regularly with fresh cow dung.

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