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"word": "good riddance to bad rubbish"
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"word": "piece of rubbish"
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"word": "Rose Garden rubbish"
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"word": "rubbish bag"
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"word": "rubbish dump"
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"word": "rubbish in, rubbish out"
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"word": "rubbish pulley"
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"expansion": "Middle English robous (“rubbish, building rubble”)",
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"t": "to huddle, crowd together, heap up\", also possibly \"to rub, scrape"
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"etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle English robous (“rubbish, building rubble”), further origin uncertain; possibly from Anglo-Norman rubous, rubouse, rubbouse (“refuse, waste material; building rubble”), and compare Anglo-Latin rebbussa, robousa, robusium, robusum, rubisum, rubusa, rubusium (although the Anglo-Norman and Anglo-Latin words may be derived from the English word instead of the other way around, as there are no known Old French cognates of the word). The English word may be related to rubble, though the connection is unclear. Possibly derived ultimately from Old Norse rubba (“to huddle, crowd together, heap up\", also possibly \"to rub, scrape”), from Proto-Germanic *rubbōną (“to rub, scrape”). Compare Swedish rubba (“to move, displace, dislodge, upset”).\nThe verb is derived from the noun.",
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{
"text": "The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.",
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"ref": "[1747?] January 3, “[Literary Memoirs.] An Account of English Ants. By the Rev. William Gould, A.M. of Exeter-College, Oxon. London, printed for A[ndrew] Millar, 1747, 12mo. Pages 109, besides Preface and Dedication.”, in [Mark Akenside], editor, The Museum: Or, The Literary and Historical Register, volume II, number XXI, London: Printed for R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1746 (indicated on title page), →OCLC, page 272",
"text": "[T]he Employments of the common Ants or Workers […] are partly the Management of the Young, and the Building their little Hills of Straw, Rubbiſh, and Particles of Earth, mixed with Blades of Graſs, into little Mounds or Ramparts, on which to expoſe the Eggs and Nymphs to the Sun-beams; their other great Employment is, in collecting Proviſions.",
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"ref": "1851 July 19, “The Value of Rubbish [from Chambers’ Journal]”, in E[liakim] Littell, editor, Littel’s Living Age, volume XXX, number CCCLXXIV, Boston, Mass.: Published by E. Littel & Company; Philadelphia, Pa.: Getz & Buck, […]; New York, N.Y.: Dewitt & Davenport, […], →OCLC, chapter XXII, page 125, column 2",
"text": "In the course of this operation [the copper-fastening of new, or the re-coppering of old, vessels], and more especially in a repair of this latter description, old copper nails, stray pieces of bold and sheet copper, with other parings of a similar nature, are lost among the chips, or in the bottom of the dock. These chips are sold at an almost nominal price, as rubbish, to the smelters, who cart them away often in large quantities, burn the chips out, then wash and smelt the remainder, if necessary, in the ordinary manner.",
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"ref": "1862 July, “Buchanan v. The Town of Galt”, in W[illiam] D[avis] Ardagh, Robert A[lexander] Harrison, editors, The Upper Canada Law Journal and Municipal and Local Courts’ Gazette, volume VII, Toronto, Ont.: Printed and published […] by W. C. Chewett & Co., →OCLC, page 182, column 1",
"text": "The plaintiff claimed damages from the defendants for a breach of duty in allowing and permitting dirt and rubbish to be thrown or put upon a lane or public highway upon which his premises abutted. It appeared in evidence that the damage complained of was occasioned by the filling in and levelling a hollow in the lane, by means whereof the plaintiff's fence was pressed inwards, the filling in being done by private individuals throwing dirt and rubbish thereon.",
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{
"ref": "2015, Jody Sullivan Rake, “Rubbish-eating Goats”, in Abby Colich, editor, Rubbish Munchers of the Animal World, London: Raintree, Capstone Global Library, page 14",
"text": "Goats are adventurous eaters. They nose around in rubbish looking for scraps of food.",
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"Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash."
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"text": "Much of what they sell is rubbish.",
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"ref": "1793 February, “Art. 59. Scrapeana. Fugitive Miscellany. Small 8vo. pp. 352. 4s. sewed. Baldwin. 1792. [book review]”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume X, London: Printed for R[alph] Griffiths; and sold by T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, page 232",
"text": "[W]e may add that publications of this nature always contain much rubbiſh to make up the bulk; for to produce a neat collection of true wit, requires talents and judgment that would ſcarcely ſtoop to the taſk.",
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"sense": "items of low quality",
"word": "Ramsch"
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"lang": "Korean",
"sense": "items of low quality",
"word": "개털"
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"text": "Everything the teacher said during that lesson was rubbish. How can she possibly think that a bass viol and a cello are the same thing?",
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"ref": "1774 April, “Summary of the Arguments of the Council and Judges in the Great Cause, which was Lately Heard before the House of Peers, for Ascertaining the Right of Literary Property. […]”, in Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym; Edward Cave], editor, The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume XLIV, London: Printed […], for D[avid] Henry, and sold by F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC, page 149, column 2",
"text": "I ſhall […] lay out of my way the whole bede-roll of citations and precedents which they have produced, that heterogeneous heap of rubbiſh, which is only calculated to confound your Lordſhips, and miſlead the argument.",
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"ref": "[1747?] January 3, “[Literary Memoirs.] An Account of English Ants. By the Rev. William Gould, A.M. of Exeter-College, Oxon. London, printed for A[ndrew] Millar, 1747, 12mo. Pages 109, besides Preface and Dedication.”, in [Mark Akenside], editor, The Museum: Or, The Literary and Historical Register, volume II, number XXI, London: Printed for R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1746 (indicated on title page), →OCLC, page 272",
"text": "[T]he Employments of the common Ants or Workers […] are partly the Management of the Young, and the Building their little Hills of Straw, Rubbiſh, and Particles of Earth, mixed with Blades of Graſs, into little Mounds or Ramparts, on which to expoſe the Eggs and Nymphs to the Sun-beams; their other great Employment is, in collecting Proviſions.",
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"ref": "1851 July 19, “The Value of Rubbish [from Chambers’ Journal]”, in E[liakim] Littell, editor, Littel’s Living Age, volume XXX, number CCCLXXIV, Boston, Mass.: Published by E. Littel & Company; Philadelphia, Pa.: Getz & Buck, […]; New York, N.Y.: Dewitt & Davenport, […], →OCLC, chapter XXII, page 125, column 2",
"text": "In the course of this operation [the copper-fastening of new, or the re-coppering of old, vessels], and more especially in a repair of this latter description, old copper nails, stray pieces of bold and sheet copper, with other parings of a similar nature, are lost among the chips, or in the bottom of the dock. These chips are sold at an almost nominal price, as rubbish, to the smelters, who cart them away often in large quantities, burn the chips out, then wash and smelt the remainder, if necessary, in the ordinary manner.",
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"text": "[W]e may add that publications of this nature always contain much rubbiſh to make up the bulk; for to produce a neat collection of true wit, requires talents and judgment that would ſcarcely ſtoop to the taſk.",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"British English",
"Commonwealth English",
"English colloquialisms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Irish English",
"New Zealand English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1977 August 17, A[rthur] J[ames] Faulkner, “Human Rights Commission Bill”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Third Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament (House of Representatives), volume 412, Wellington: E. C. Keating, government printer, published 1978, →OCLC, pages 2307–2308",
"text": "In my judgment, it is not Christian—I think that is the proper way to put it—to rubbish the leaders of our trade union movements, both employers' and workers'. [...] The employers are quite right in rubbishing this section. The recently retired Chief Ombudsman rubbished it. The insurance guild, not exactly known as a militant trade union until recently, has rubbished it. Twenty-nine leaders in our community have rubbished it.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Penelope Lively, chapter 1, in How It All Began, London: Fig Tree, Penguin Books; republished New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, 2012, page 11",
"text": "Oh, there is fuel enough for the memoirs, even if Marion's eyes glaze over, periodically, during tea or one of Corrie's rather awful lunches [...]. The names flow forth, and are rubbished or extolled, [...]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Melanie Milburne, chapter 1, in The Virgin’s Price, London: Mill & Boon Sexy",
"text": "'It's the first real acting job I've had and he completely rubbishes it. My career will be over before it even starts.' / 'I wouldn't take it too personally,' Shelley said as she reloaded the café dishwasher. 'Bryn Dwyer rubbishes just about everything. [...']",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 May 20, Barry Doe, “McLoughlin unfair with opinion of late-BR rail”, in Rail, page 65",
"text": "Such irresponsible comments seem to me clearly an attempt for political reasons to rubbish a past that was of a far better quality than anything that exists today.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 July 15, Josh Noble, quoting Delia Smith, “‘Life is not a bowl of cherries’”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3",
"text": "Delia's Complete Cookery Course is still in print more than 40 years since its first publication. “Everybody did rubbish it,” she says.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage."
],
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[
"criticize",
"criticize"
],
[
"denigrate",
"denigrate"
],
[
"denounce",
"denounce"
],
[
"disparage",
"disparage"
]
],
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"(transitive, chiefly Australia, British, Ireland, New Zealand, Commonwealth, colloquial) To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage."
],
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"Australia",
"British",
"Commonwealth",
"Ireland",
"New-Zealand",
"colloquial",
"transitive"
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},
{
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"English terms with quotations",
"Hong Kong English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1999 December 1, Cheng Chun-ping, quotee, “Special TV programme to disseminate keep clean messages”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)",
"text": "Speaking at today's (Tuesday) press conference to announce details of the show, Chairman of the Steering Committee, Mr Cheng Chun-ping urged members of the public to sustain their keep clean efforts and to let the message of the campaign slogan -- \"There is never any excuse to rubbish your home\" stride across the new Millennium.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007 March 8, Tika Viker-Bloss, “How to tackle the rising tide of litter in filthy Britain”, in The Guardian",
"text": "In the 1970s there was a hugely successful campaign using the slogan: \"You wouldn't rubbish your home. Australia's your home. Don't rubbish Australia.\" The adverts compared tossing table scraps on to the carpet with throwing food packaging from a car. It worked.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To litter."
],
"links": [
[
"litter",
"litter"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australia, Hong Kong) To litter."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"Hong-Kong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹʌbɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹʌbɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹə-/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌbɪʃ"
},
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"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/En-au-rubbish.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to criticize, denigrate — see also criticize, denigrate",
"word": "haukkua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to criticize, denigrate — see also criticize, denigrate",
"word": "moittia"
},
{
"alt": "こきおろす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kokiorosu",
"sense": "to criticize, denigrate — see also criticize, denigrate",
"word": "こき下ろす"
},
{
"alt": "こくひょうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kokuhyō suru",
"sense": "to criticize, denigrate — see also criticize, denigrate",
"word": "酷評する"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to criticize, denigrate — see also criticize, denigrate",
"word": "criticar"
}
],
"word": "rubbish"
}
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