shavings

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In Short Stories, Scraps and Shavings he has collected from various hiding places 14 Shavian pieces, dating as far back as 1885.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shavings of wood and sawdust were falling on the floor, where just this moment she was being given feet.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Nobody, that is, but Shavings, and he didn't dare to say that it was growing worse, for fear of angering the mate.

From The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code by Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis)

He had various nicknames, "Shavings" being the most popular.

From Shavings by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

Shavings turned from a disk of pure tin have been used in combination with Watts's sponge gold for filling teeth, either by making a portion of the filling from each metal or using them indiscriminately.

From Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth by Ambler, Henry Lovejoy