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garbagey, a. Brit. |ˈgɑːbɪdʒi|, U.S. |ˈgɑrbɪdʒi| Forms: 19– garbagey, 19– garbagy [‹ garbage n. + -y suffix1.] Resembling garbage, foul; trashy, worthless.
1899M. Kingsley W. Afr. Stud. ii. 39 They [sc. the locusts] were lying about in the gutters with a tempting, garbagey look, but evidently the jack crows found them quite mawkish. 1967Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Jrnl. 21 Dec. 28/2 The garbagy programming of tv..is all too reminiscent of the desperately failing days of radio in the 1940s. 1989J. C. Oates Time Traveler ii. 57 Charles Street, near Varick, a garbagey smell to the air. 1998Guardian 5 Dec. (Sat. Review section) 2/5 Probably the happiest finds are the inventive children's toys, lovingly fashioned in wood or metal rather than garbagey plastic. |