"death pile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: death piles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} death pile (plural death piles)
  1. unsold inventory
    Sense id: en-death_pile-en-noun-s7pI9fiK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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