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

It is not, therefore, as though great age were such a catch that it should demand all these delicate manipulations of diet, sleep, rest-cures, health-resorts, scourings, and temperatures, for its attainment.

From Essays in Rebellion by Nevinson, Henry W.

Near the bridge, on the rocks is plain evidence of glacial scourings.

From Out of Doors—California and Oregon by Graves, J. A.

And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast, howling among the trees, in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings!

From The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Irving, Washington