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bilge
noun
- the bulge of a barrel or cask
- the rounded, lower exterior part of a ship's hull
- also bilge water
- the bottommost interior part of a ship
- water that seeps or leaks in, collects there, and becomes stagnant and dirty
- Slang worthless or silly talk or writing; nonsense
intransitive verb
to suffer such damage
See bilge in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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