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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Rubbish

/rŭb'-ĭsh/ · Rub·bish · IPA /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/
01 n. Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruin…
  1. 1.
    Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; débris.
    “What rubbish and what offal!” — Shak.
    “he saw the town's one half in rubbish lie.” — Dryden.
Phrases & compounds
Rubbish pulley — See Gin block, under Gin.
02 a. Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.