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heap noun- a car, especially an old and run-down car US, 1921
- What did he do, call from the front gate or the filling station where I left my heap? — Mickey Spillane, I, The Jury, p. 20, 1947
- He and two of his pals lifted a heap and busted into a gas station. — John D. McDonald, The Neon Jungle, p. 31, 1953
- We just zeroed three kids in a heap. Crest Drive and Observatory. — Rebel Without a Cause, 1955
- “See that toe?” he said as he gunned the heap to eighty and passed everybody on the road. — Jack Kerouac, On the Road, p. 79, 1957
- We’re gonna leave this heap in a parking lot and get one the cops don’t know about. — Jackie Brown, 1997
- a slovenly woman, usually preceded by an adjective UK, 1806
Originally dialect. - a large number, a great deal UK, 1661
- Impressive start on a heap of social problems. — The Guardian, 26 November 2002
- Others will have new money, and heaps of it, in need of a home out of the taxman’s reach. — The Guardian, 18 October 2003
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