offscourings

Example Sentences

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The thought of his childhood companions, the little waifs like himself who came from the offscourings of the earth.

From Lo, Michael! by Hill, Grace Livingston

The offscourings of the Canadian frontier were drifting back into their native country to settle.

From The Barrier by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

The common soldiers were considered, and often were, the offscourings of the community.

From Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France by Gosse, Edmund

They immediately built a theater, which cost them seven thousand dollars, and employed a company of actors, the offscourings of maratime city theaters.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben

In all probability, therefore, the ḫabati were wandering hordes differing from the Sutites in not having any special nationality, and being composed of the offscourings of many peoples of the ancient East.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge