sweepings

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The transportation lines advertised America as a land flowing with milk and honey, and the European governments took the opportunity to unload upon careless, wealthy, and hospitable America the sweepings of their jails and asylums.

From Salon

The first time I tried it, I thought it might have been made with rotten fruit and a tincture of sweepings from the floor of a health food store.

From New York Times

Appearance: A bin lid made of barbershop sweepings.

From The Guardian

One woman admitted she smoked whatever was cheapest, and called them “floor sweepings”.

From The Guardian

Veolia, a French conglomerate with businesses ranging from energy to waste, has found a way to extract valuable rare metals, such as palladium, from street sweepings.

From Economist