rubbish

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rubbish/ˈrʌbɪʃ/
noun
  • 1 chiefly Brit. waste material; refuse or litter.
  • 2 unimportant or worthless material.

    ■ nonsense; worthless talk or ideas.

verb Brit. informal criticize and reject as worthless. adjective Brit. informal very bad.
– derivatives
rubbishy adjective.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. rubbous; perh. rel. to OFr. robe ‘spoils’; cf. rubble.
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