Usually means: Stagnant, dirty water in ships.
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  1. bilgewater: Merriam-Webster
  2. bilgewater: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bilgewater: Vocabulary.com
  4. Bilgewater, bilgewater: Wordnik
  5. bilgewater: Wiktionary
  6. bilgewater: Dictionary.com
  7. bilgewater: Rhymezone
  8. bilgewater: FreeDictionary.org
  9. bilgewater: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. bilgewater: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. bilgewater: Encyclopedia

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  1. bilgewater: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bilgewater)

▸ noun:  (nautical) Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.
▸ noun:  (slang) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.

Similar:
tosh, drool, bosh, taradiddle, humbug, tarradiddle, baloney, twaddle, boloney, tommyrot, more...

Opposite:
freshwater, potable water, clewater

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Similar:
tosh, drool, bosh, taradiddle, humbug, tarradiddle, baloney, twaddle, boloney, tommyrot, more...

Opposite:
freshwater, potable water, clewater



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