offscourings

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The men were the offscourings of European armies engaged in the Napoleonic wars, and came directly from the old De Meurons' regiment.

From Lords of the North by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

Were they not sectaries, fanatics, visionaries, the very offscourings of human nature? 

From Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom by Borrow, George Henry

The common soldiers were considered, and often were, the offscourings of the community.

From Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France by Gosse, Edmund

In all probability, therefore, the ḫabati were wandering hordes differing from the Sutites in not having any special nationality, and being composed of the offscourings of many peoples of the ancient East.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

All the world had turned to California; its riffraff and offscourings as well as its true men.

From Gold by White, Stewart Edward