bilge

Example Sentences

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If you have ever sat at a restaurant, marveling at the bilge offered on the kids’ menu and wondering how on earth we got here, “Picky” has the answers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The ship is built in sections, then joined together on the slipway, supported by keel blocks, bilge blocks, wedges and "shores" - heavy lengths of timber.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

Fadich worked the bilge pumps till he was “blue in the face” just to keep the vessel above water.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

It is oppressively dull work, but at least it isn’t the bilge.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

“And I don’t want to hear another word about this dream from either one of you. I’ve got a man on my staff to listen to disgusting bilge like this.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller