Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RUB'BISH
RUB'BISH, n. [from rub; properly, that which is rubbed off; but not now used in this limited sense.]
- Fragments of buildings; broken or imperfect pieces of any structure; ruins. He saw the towns one half in rubbish lie. Dryden.
- Waste or rejected matter; any thing worthless.
- Mingled mass; confusion. Arbuthnot.
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