Category:Rubbish

Rub"bish, n. Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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.

Rubbish Rub"bish, a.

Defn: of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy. De quincey.