rubbish
Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.
Example
“The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.”
Other meanings
An item, or items, of low quality.
“Much of what they sell is rubbish.”
Debris or ruins of buildings; rubble.
Word history
From Old Norse "rubba".
Where this comes from
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