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Some were blatantly inferior, he said, at times with metal shavings and burrs in the threads.

Those lucky enough to have encountered a few shavings of fresh white truffle know they are amazingly, hauntingly delicious.

There was a lathe near the spot where David Arden stood, and shavings and splinters under his feet.

The model was first filled with inflammable materials such as shavings and large blocks of wood, over which petroleum was poured.

Clean white shavings fell on the floor, some of them twisting like Hepzebiah's curls.

Then he closed his knife, and picked up the paper and the shavings and the surprise, and out of the room he tiptoed.

To bed, being in great fear because of the shavings which lay all up and down the house and cellar, for fear of fire.

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On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shavings, such as: rubble, deposit, fragments, grains, leavings, and scree.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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