QUIZZES
WHO SAID IT: A QUIZ ON PRESIDENTIAL WIT AND WISDOM
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Question 1 of 9
“I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference.”
Origin of trash
1325–75; Middle English trasches (plural), apparently cognate with Norwegian trask rubbish; akin to Old English trus brushwood, Old Norse tros rubbish
Words nearby trash
traps, trapshooting, trap shot, trapunto, Trasentine, trash, trash and cash, trash can, trashed, trasher, trash farming
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British Dictionary definitions for trash (1 of 2)
trash1
/ (træʃ) /
noun
verb
to remove the outer leaves and branches from (growing plants, esp sugar cane)
slang to attack or destroy (someone or something) wilfully or maliciously
Derived forms of trash
trashery, nounWord Origin for trash
C16: of obscure origin; perhaps related to Norwegian trask
British Dictionary definitions for trash (2 of 2)
trash2
/ (træʃ) archaic /
verb
(tr) to restrain with or as if with a lead
noun
a lead for a dog
Word Origin for trash
C17: perhaps from obsolete French tracier to track, trace 1
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