rubbage
English
Noun
rubbage (countable and uncountable, plural rubbages)
- (now dialectal) Alternative form of rubbish
- 1959, Peter Samson, AN ABRIDGED DICTIONARY of the TMRC LANGUAGE June 1959 (with 2005 commentary):
- CRUFT: that which magically amounds in the Clubroom just before you walk in to clean up. In other words, rubbage.
- [2005 commentary]: … Rubbage is a rare term for rubbish, but I had heard it used growing up in New England.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 209:
- I didn't want him to buy any more rubbage.
- 1959, Peter Samson, AN ABRIDGED DICTIONARY of the TMRC LANGUAGE June 1959 (with 2005 commentary):
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