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piles

/ 貹ɪ /

plural noun

  1. a nontechnical name for haemorrhoids

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of piles1

C15: from Latin pilae balls (referring to the appearance of external piles)
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Inside some of them, piles of clothes and plastic chairs are visible, with a rifle leaning up against the wall.

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Two large pieces of construction equipment — a compact loader called a skid steer and a 20-ton crane used for driving piles into the seafloor — tumbled into the water.

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The home she shares with her husband Robert is full of stuff with shelves bursting at the brim and piles of boxes and bags on the floor.

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Morgan’s flair for the mawkish would be fine, and maybe even interesting, if he didn’t make the mistake of making the country music industry piles and piles of money.

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It comes after waste collections were disrupted on Thursday when bin lorries were blocked by striking refuse workers from leaving two depots and rubbish once again piles up around the city.

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