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(mining) rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock inholding little or no ore; especially, the worthless rock left over once the ore has been selected.
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(figuratively) To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
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Alternative form of bulky waste [A waste type that is too large to be accepted by the regular waste collection.]
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A waste type that is too large to be accepted by the regular waste collection.
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(computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
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(US, New England, Maine) Junk or debris.
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People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.
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Litter and discarded refuse.
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A heap of dumped matter.
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(figuratively) Any place where unwanted items are sent.
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(US, slang) A chaotic, unpleasant, unmanageable thing, situation, or person; a disaster.
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(obsolete) A person employed to spread or transport dung.
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Someone who scavenges from dustbins.
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Alternative spelling of debris [Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.]
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(slang) Overcome easily, routinely, and without distress.
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(figuratively) A collection of miscellaneous items or fragments of little importance.
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Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
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Archaic spelling of garbage. [(transitive, chiefly US, Canada, obsolete) to eviscerate]
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(obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.
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(Australia, humorous) A garbage collector.
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An act of discarding waste or some other substance from a height. Also attributive and figurative.
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(obsolete, UK, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
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Information of low quality or value.
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(by extension) Discarded odds and ends.
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Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash, garbage.
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(Singapore) Unwanted items thrown from high-rise apartment buildings, posing a danger to pedestrians below.
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(uncountable) Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
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(figuratively) Paper waste; printed materials that may not be read, such as junk mail.
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A rake for scraping up dung.
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That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
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refuse removed from something by scouring
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(obsolete, intransitive) To turn to rubbish.
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Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
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(now dialectal) Alternative form of rubbish [(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.]
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(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.
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(figuratively) A dull routine.
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(Newfoundland, South Africa and British Army slang) To eat.
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(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
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(figuratively) A collection of discarded or rejected items or ideas.
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(UK) An amount of money paid by the government to a person trading in an old car (to be scrapped) for a more environmentally-friendly new one.
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To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
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(obsolete, transitive) To share.
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stagnant water from a hollow in a rotting tree stump; variant of stump-water.
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stagnant water from a hollow in a rotting tree stump; also spunk-water.
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(colloquial) A very untidy place.
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(slang, chiefly US, uncountable) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
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(chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.
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(US, idiomatic, derogatory) Alternative form of trailer trash [(US, idiomatic, derogatory) Poorly-educated (usually white) person or people of low social status who stereotypically reside(s) in a trailer park.]
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(agriculture, uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades.
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A collection of garbage or rubbish; things, persons, ideas and such which are of no significant value.
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(informal, derogatory) A college or high school course or major that is easy and useless for finding jobs or creating any valuable societal contribution.
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Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
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(uncountable, obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.
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(slang, derogatory or humorous) A region, or a notional country, inhabited by white trash.
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