"rubbage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹʌbɪd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹʌbɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American], /ˈɹə-/ [General-American] Forms: rubbages [plural]
Etymology: Possibly from rubb(ish) + -age (suffix forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance). Etymology templates: {{m|en|rubbish|rubb(ish)}} rubb(ish), {{suffix|en||age|pos2=suffix forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance}} + -age (suffix forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} rubbage (usually uncountable, plural rubbages)
  1. (now dialectal) Alternative form of rubbish Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: rubbish
    Sense id: en-rubbage-en-noun-JIm2NdA4

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1974, G[erald] B[asil] Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, London: Hamish Hamilton, published 1981; republished New York, N.Y.: New York Review Books, 2007, page 209",
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