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

And when he finds himself actually free, his joy expends itself in bounds, in pirouettes, and in scourings hither and thither at the top of his speed.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert

Near the bridge, on the rocks is plain evidence of glacial scourings.

From Out of Doors—California and Oregon by Graves, J. A.

The uneasiness of the crew, their frequent conferences, Owen's mysterious words, the constant scourings of the deck and the oppressive heat of the cabins which had been noticed even by my fellow-passengers, all are explained.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger by Verne, Jules