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English easy about rubbish (5)

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bilge

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'rubbish' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for bilge that I've seen before include "(Water at) bottom of ship" , "Filthy water that collects in the bottom of a boat" , "Very long film, book etc" , "Nonsense (informal)" , "Lower part of hull; nonsense" .)

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