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rub⋅bish
[ruhb-ish] 
ɪʃ
–noun
| 1. | worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash. |
| 2. | nonsense, as in writing or art: sentimental rubbish. |
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| rub·bish (rŭb'ĭsh) n.
[Middle English robishe.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Rubbish
Rub"bish\, n. [OE. robows, robeux, rubble, originally an Old French plural from an assumed dim. of robe, probably in the sense of trash; cf. It. robaccia trash, roba stuff, goods, wares, robe. Thus, etymologically rubbish is the pl. of rubble. See Robe, and cf. Rubble.] Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; d['e]bris. What rubbish and what offal! --Shak. he saw the town's one half in rubbish lie. --Dryden. Rubbish pulley. See Gin block, under Gin.Rubbish
Rub"bish\, a. Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy. --De Quincey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : rubbish
Spanish:
basura, desperdicios,
German:
der Abfall; Abfall…,
Japanese:
くず
rubbish
c.1400, from Anglo-Fr. rubouses (1392), of unknown origin. Apparently somehow related to rubble. The verb sense of "disparage, criticize harshly" is first attested 1953 in Australian and New Zealand slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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rubbish
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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