sweepings

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In Sweepings he was the tycoon owner of a Chicago Bazaar who made his general manager eat humble pie.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sweepings is worthwhile for Lionel Barrymore's full-length portrait of a tight-lipped tycoon and for a smaller but equally perfect study by Gregory Ratoff of the tycoon's jealous but sympathetic underling.

From Time Magazine Archive

A poorer picture than Sweepings would be justified by Ratoffs rebuke to a department store Santa Claus whom he catches removing his beard: "Vat are you�Senta Claus or a bum we picked up for two-fifty?"

From Time Magazine Archive

There were a number of small glass jars containing earthy substances, labeled "Pavement and Road Sweepings," from the principal thoroughfares and suburbs of London, with the sub-directions "for identifying foot-tracks."

From Condensed Novels: New Burlesques by Harte, Bret

"Sweepings" sometimes contain poisonous or hurtful substances, and are always dearer, weight for weight, than sound grain.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh