Definition of Rubbesh
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;
débris.
What rubbish and what offal!
Shak.
he saw the town's one half in rubbish
lie. Dryden.
Rubbish pulley. See Gin block, under
Gin.
Rub"bish (?), a. Of or pertaining
to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy. De
Quincey.
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;
débris.
What rubbish and what offal!
Shak.
he saw the town's one half in rubbish
lie. Dryden.
Rubbish pulley. See Gin block, under
Gin.
Rub"bish (?), a. Of or pertaining
to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy. De
Quincey.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies,
literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions
lying due south from Boreaplas.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- garbage, junk, refuse, waste
- nonsense
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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