Rubbish

  • 31Rubbish pulley — Rubbish 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… …

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  • 32rubbish bin — UK US noun [countable] [singular rubbish bin plural rubbish bins] a container that you put rubbish in Thesaurus: containers for waste and rubbishhyponym bags and cases for carrying possessions …

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  • 33Rubbish (radio series) — Rubbish is a radio series by writer Tony Bagley, who also wrote Married. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006. A second series began broadcasting on October 31st 2007.Plot summaryMartin Christmas (Reece Dinsdale) is a local… …

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  • 34rubbish bin — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms rubbish bin : singular rubbish bin plural rubbish bins a container that you put rubbish in …

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  • 35rubbish compactor — /ˈrʌbɪʃ kəmpæktə/ (say rubish kuhmpaktuh) noun a device, as in a rubbish truck or rubbish dump, which crushes rubbish to reduce the volume that it occupies …

  • 36rubbish heap — /ˈrʌbɪʃ hip/ (say rubish heep) noun 1. a pile of accumulated rubbish. –phrase 2. toss on(to) the rubbish heap, to discard as worthless. Also, rubbish heap …

  • 37rubbish heap — noun an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter • Syn: ↑garbage heap, ↑junk heap, ↑scrapheap, ↑trash heap, ↑junk pile, ↑trash pile, ↑refuse heap • Hypernyms …

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  • 38rubbish bin — /ˈrʌbɪʃ bɪn/ (say rubish bin) noun 1. Also, rubbish tin, garbage bin. a container in which household rubbish is kept for disposal. 2. a wastepaper basket …

  • 39rubbish pulley — Gin Gin, n. [A contraction of engine.] [1913 Webster] 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with …

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  • 40rubbish tin — /ˈrʌbɪʃ tɪn/ (say rubish tin) noun → rubbish bin (def. 1) …