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Garbage

Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome.

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Buncombe 76% connected

Alt. of Bunkum

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Bunk 76% connected

A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

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Bunkum 76% connected

Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show.

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Folderol 76% connected

Nonsense.

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Hogwash 76% connected

Swill.

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Pap 76% connected

A nipple; a mammilla; a teat.

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Rot 76% connected

To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving of…

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Rubbish 76% connected

Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.

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Trash 76% connected

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

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Tripe 76% connected

The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

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Trumpery 76% connected

Deceit; fraud.

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Wish-wash 76% connected

Any weak, thin drink.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Message 76% connected

Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

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Receptacle 76% connected

That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Drivel 92% connected

To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.

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Refuse 92% connected

To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

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