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
Many people consider that scourings supplementary to these are only due to habit.
From The Crock of Gold by James Stephens
Near the bridge, on the rocks is plain evidence of glacial scourings.
From Out of Doors—California and Oregon by J. A. Graves
They had been recruited from the off- scourings of large towns and cities, enervated by idleness, debauchery, and every species of vice, which unfitted them for the arduous service of Indian warfare.
From An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830 by John Niles Hubbard
