Rubbish
Rubbish , noun
[Old English robows, robeux, rubble, originally an Old French plural from an assumed dim. of robe, probably in the sense of trash; compare Italian robaccia trash, roba stuff, goods, wares, robe. Thus, etymologically rubbish is the plural of rubble. See Robe, and compare 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!
he saw the town's one half in rubbish lie.
Collocations (1)
Rubbish pulley , See Gin block, under Gin.
Rubbish , adjective
Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy. — De Quincey