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bombsite
noun 2
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2ADJ.
-unwashed
BOMBSITE + NOUN
food, ornaments
Definitions
noun
1
A place where a bomb has exploded.
Postwar London remained pockmarked with bombsites for many years.
2
A very messy place.
All around the neatly arranged victim, the sitting room was a bombsite. Ornaments had been sent tumbling from the shelves , and the ground was littered with the debris of shattered porcelain animals. In the foreground of the photograph were the splintered remains of a pink poodle barometer promising fair weather.
The kitchen was a bombsite—-unwashed dishes, food scraps and mess everywhere.
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Postwar London remained pockmarked with bombsites for many years.
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All around the neatly arranged victim, the sitting room was a bombsite. Ornaments had been sent tumbling from the shelves , and the ground was littered with the debris of shattered porcelain animals.
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The kitchen was a bombsite—-unwashed dishes, food scraps and mess everywhere.
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