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

And out of the scourings of that vast mass of chalk was our gravel-pit made.

From Scientific Essays and Lectures by Kingsley, Charles

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

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