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trash heap of history

noun

Etymology

In a similar form (“that great dust heap called ‘history’”) used by English essayist Augustine Birrell in 1887 (but in use before), popularized by Leon Trotsky in reference to the Mensheviks (1917).

  1. derived from essayist Augustine Birrell in 1887

Definitions

  1. A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become…

    A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.

    • As I talked with Billy, it suddenly hit me that I needed to do something—no matter how minor—to save these stories from the trash heap of history.
    • My ONLY hero is Muhammad Mustafa SAW and whatever he gave us will prevail and every thing else that stands against it is doomed to be decimated and end up in the trash heap of history, as you put it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA