Collocations withrubbish
These are words often used in combination withrubbish.
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absolute rubbish
I hear his former parliamentary private secretary telling me that that is absolute rubbish.
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complete rubbish
Against that criterion, the proposition in the amendment is complete rubbish.
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load of rubbish
Frankly, all the newspapers that are currently being produced are a load of rubbish, and that industry is going electronic anyway.
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pile of rubbish
We had the unedifying sight of pile upon pile of rubbish towering in the city centre streets.
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utter rubbish
The argument that if the workers forgo their wage increases the amount involved will automatically go to old-age pensioners is utter rubbish.
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