| Summary: | dung One of the most familiar words to me when I was growing up was the word 'dumsink' which I think is supposed to spell 'dumpsink'. This is a word used to refer to a place, such as a down on a hill, etc. where garbage is thrown away. The word, however, refers particularly to a hole dug in the ground near the house. Into this hole is thrown all the garbage such as potato/scraps, left-over food, etc. The water from the kitchen sink also flows into this hole. Every now and again mud was thrown into the hole because this keeps it from smelling too much. In the spring the [dunk sink] was dug out and all the garbage put on the gardens for manure. . . . The word is rarely, if ever, used today. JH 8/71 DNE-cit Used I Not used 1 Used I
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