offscourings
Example Sentences
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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 Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
The offscourings of the Canadian frontier were drifting back into their native country to settle.
From The Barrier by Rex Ellingwood Beach
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 R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
His Vigliacchi, 'wretches who never lived,' because they never felt the pangs or ecstasies of partisanship, wander homeless on the skirts of Limbo, among the abortions and offscourings of creation.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds
They immediately built a theater, which cost them seven thousand dollars, and employed a company of actors, the offscourings of maratime city theaters.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Ben Casseday
