offscourings

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They should therefore despise an army which seemed to be composed more of a mass of fickle offscourings than of a firm and stout soldiery.

From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus

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)

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

They live on offal and the offscourings of the city, and though the Turks freely throw all their refuse into their streets, there are so many dogs that they are all half-starved.

From Miscellanea by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

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