Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dunghill \Dung"hill`\, n.
   1. A heap of dung.

   2. Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.

            He . . . lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. --
                                                  1. Sam. ii. 8.

   {Dunghill fowl}, a domestic fowl of common breed.