bilge
Example Sentences
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If you have ever sat at a restaurant, marveling at the bilge offered on the kids’ menu and wondering how on earth we got here, “Picky” has the answers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Fadich worked the bilge pumps till he was “blue in the face” just to keep the vessel above water.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023
It is oppressively dull work, but at least it isn’t the bilge.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022
Emily Bell of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism worried that readers might be deluged with "bilge".
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022
“And I don’t want to hear another word about this dream from either one of you. I’ve got a man on my staff to listen to disgusting bilge like this.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.