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

But it is by him and men like him, and not by the scourings of the galleys, that we can get to understand the spirit of the time.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

Many people consider that scourings supplementary to these are only due to habit.

From The Crock of Gold by Stephens, James

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 Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Irving, Washington