“Bigot. Out, dunghill! Darest thou brave a nobleman?”
(“King John,” iv. 3.)
“Gloster. Shall I be flouted thus by dunghill grooms?”
(“1 King Henry VI.,” i. 3.)
“York. Base dunghill villain and mechanical.”
(“2 King Henry VI.,” i. 3.)
“‘Khara,’ meaning dung, is the lowest possible insult. ‘Ta-kara’ is the commonest of insults, used also by modest women. I have heard a mother use it to her son.”—(Burton, “Arabian Nights,” vol. ii. p. 59, footnote.)