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
Having been fastidiously purified by repeated scourings and ablutions, it proved very useful in preparing our meals, of which fresh fish frequently formed the principal part.
From The Island Home by Dalziel
There is a Boer laager some miles above the camp, the scourings of which—horrid thought!—are constantly brought down to us.
From With Rimington by L. March Phillipps
The re-appearance of Greene and his army in North Carolina, heralded by the scourings of Lee and Pickens, disconcerted the schemes of Lord Cornwallis.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
