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Webster 1913 Edition
Rubbish
Rub′bish
,Noun.
[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! Shakespeare
he saw the town’s one half in
rubbish
lie. Dryden.
Rubbish pulley
. See
Gin block
, under Gin
.Rub′bish
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.
De Quincey.