offscourings
Example Sentences
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They are the victims of society; they do its dirty work, and are cast away as offscourings.
From The Child of the Dawn by Arthur Christopher Benson
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 E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
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
The thought of his childhood companions, the little waifs like himself who came from the offscourings of the earth.
From Lo, Michael! by Grace Livingston Hill
For it is not merely the offscourings of the streets, but burghers, magistrates, and officials, who have extended a welcome to the Electoral Prince.
From The Youth of the Great Elector by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
