first-rate vs rubbish

first-rate

adj
  • Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 850–875, and weighing approximately 2,500 tons burthen. 

  • Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality. 

noun
  • A first-rate ship of the line. 

rubbish

intj
  • Used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue; balderdash!, nonsense! 

  • Used to express that something is exceedingly bad, awful, or terrible. 

adj
  • Exceedingly bad; awful. 

verb
  • To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage. 

  • To litter. 

noun
  • Nonsense. 

  • Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash. 

  • An item, or items, of low quality. 

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