MUDSILL

mudsill

Noun

  1. The lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground.
  2. A particularly low or dirty place/state; the nadir of something (see rock bottom)
    "The Pre-Historic Era represented the mudsill of human development."
  3. A person of low status or humble provenance.


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