bilge water
noun
Nautical. bilge (def. 1d).
Also called bilge. Slang. foolish, worthless, or offensive talk or ideas; nonsense; rubbish.
Origin of bilge water
1First recorded in 1700–10
Words Nearby bilge water
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How to use bilge water in a sentence
This resembled the old bilge-water of a ship for foulness, but both men and oxen drank of it with avidity.
Robert Moffat | David J. DeaneLast night was very cold, and this morning there was ice on the lake, and the bilge-water in the boat was frozen solid.
Three in Norway | James Arthur LeesWith the rocking of the boat, the foul bilge-water washed around the child's limbs and back.
The Pillar of Light | Louis TracyAnd they say the 'tween-deck and forecastle smells o' bedbugs and bilge-water, and they want their grog.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea | Morgan RobertsonNautica found him, inverted and full of emotion, fishing about in the bilge-water for the lost piece.
Virginia: The Old Dominion | Frank W. Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins
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