scourings

Example Sentences

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Ship's cheese came adulterated with kitchen scourings, rancid fat and glue.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when they had scoured the waterfront boardinghouses, Prince shook his head over their scourings.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

They were washed-down, melted, stripped of earth and vegetation; and down from their flanks in a steep, even slope, lay the d�bris and scourings of centuries.

From Shadow Mountain by Coolidge, Dane

And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast howling among the trees, in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings!

From The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Irving, Washington

"The scourings of creation, Of every sin and station, The men who've known damnation, Are picked to lead the way."

From Ballads of a Bohemian by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)