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scourings

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Whence come these churchyard scourings, these skulls and crossbones set up on end?

Most of the gilding was worn off by the frequent scourings which it had undergone beneath the hands of a black slave.

But it is by him and men like him, and not by the scourings of the galleys, that we can get to understand the spirit of the time.

So when the cream is off, the rest of the clergy are plainly but skim milk, the scourings of the seminaries.

Easy enough to find one of the scourings of Troyes—perhaps an innocent girl once, before she knew him!

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On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scourings, such as: debris, silt, slag, balance, dregs, and dross.

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

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