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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Items or material discarded or rejected as useless or worthless; trash or rubbish.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Old French refus, rejection, refuse, from refuser, to refuse; see refuse.]
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