scourings

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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

But the Louvre was close at hand, almost within earshot on one side, the Châtelet was scarcely farther off on the other; and both swarmed with soldiers and the armed scourings of the streets.

From In Kings' Byways by Weyman, Stanley John

The uneasiness of the crew, their frequent conferences, Owen's mysterious words, the constant scourings of the deck and the oppressive heat of the cabins which had been noticed even by my fellow-passengers, all are explained.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger by Verne, Jules

They were generally commanded by ruffians, and manned with desperadoes of all nations—the scourings of the French galleys.

From Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler by Kingston, William Henry Giles