Thesaurus / scourings
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synonyms for scourings
- debris
- droppings
- junk
- litter
- residue
- rubbish
- rubble
- sediment
- waste
- dregs
- dross
- excess
- filth
- fragments
- leavings
- oddments
- offal
- pieces
- refuse
- rummage
- scrap
- scraps
- scum
- shavings
- sweepings
- odds and ends
On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scourings, such as: debris, silt, slag, balance, dregs, and dross.
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How to use scourings in a sentence
Whence come these churchyard scourings, these skulls and crossbones set up on end?
JOAN OF THE SWORD HANDS(AMUEL) R(UTHERFORD) CROCKETTMost of the gilding was worn off by the frequent scourings which it had undergone beneath the hands of a black slave.
GRANDFATHER'S CHAIRNATHANIEL HAWTHORNEBut 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.
LECTURES ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONJOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG-ACTONSo when the cream is off, the rest of the clergy are plainly but skim milk, the scourings of the seminaries.
EN ROUTEJ.-K. (JORIS-KARL) HUYSMANSEasy enough to find one of the scourings of Troyes—perhaps an innocent girl once, before she knew him!
IN THE DAY OF ADVERSITYJOHN BLOUNDELLE-BURTONIn Great Britain, the off-scourings of the earth can say who they are, and no prejudices are entertained against them.
A HISTORY OF THE GIPSIESWALTER SIMSONThe people for the most part were half drunk—they were the scourings from the low taverns in the Southwark Mint.
MADAME FLIRTCHARLES E. PEARCEOur country is rapidly filling up with the off-scourings of Europe.
TWENTY YEARS IN EUROPESAMUEL H. M. BYERSThe population of Suez was said to comprise the scourings of all nations.
RECOLLECTIONS OF THIRTY-NINE YEARS IN THE ARMYCHARLES ALEXANDER GORDONCome here, Christabel, and don't pay any attention to the off-scourings of the Irish bogs.
SONIA BETWEEN TWO WORLDSSTEPHEN MCKENNAWORDS RELATED TO SCOURINGS
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.