offscourings

Example Sentences

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But the syndicated Press omit to record that only a miserable handful paraded the streets, the offscourings of the city's purlieus, amid the derision of the onlookers.

From Victory out of Ruin by Maclean, Norman

Though, as if things were not hard enough, Madge and her husband had raised trouble; they did not see why they should receive the offscourings of Howards End.

From Howards End by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)

The thought of his childhood companions, the little waifs like himself who came from the offscourings of the earth.

From Lo, Michael! by Hill, Grace Livingston

It was not so easy to fill the empty berth in the forecastle, even from the offscourings of the docks.

From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)

The offscourings of the Canadian frontier were drifting back into their native country to settle.

From The Barrier by Beach, Rex Ellingwood