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heap

/hiːp/ adverb C2
  1. very or much; representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans
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down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 4 · B2
With a snappy “Good-morning, Pitcher,” Maxwell dashed at his desk as though he were intending to leap over it, and then plunged into the great heap of letters and telegrams waiting there for him.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 16 · C1
Mowgli had never seen an Indian city before, and though this was almost a heap of ruins it seemed very wonderful and splendid.
The Jungle Book, p. 47 · B2
The news of Nag’s death was all over the garden, for the sweeper had thrown the body on the rubbish-heap.
The Jungle Book, p. 77 · B2

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