offscourings

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Gold by White, Stewart Edward

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)

To be disgusted with them, to allow them to disturb our serenity, is as though a painter should sicken at the odour of his pigments and the offscourings of his palette.

From The Silent Isle by Benson, Arthur Christopher

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)