muckheap

Sir, sir, surely you will not throw your pearl upon that muckheap.

One didn't finance a muckheap of a country like Laevatia for fun.

It is the same old non-indigenous muckheap of refined white carbohydrates and unwholesome fats.

Whoever it was who would finally come out on top of this muckheap of a state, it wasn't likely to be someone from here.

Later on when he imagines things they might come across in their travels he only mentions the gutter and a muckheap.

Gradually, this humility begins to accumulate layers of impatience with himself and his "muckheap of a mind."

Of course, there are all ranks of samurai from daimyos at the top of the muckheap to what we'd call a foot soldier at the bottom.