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

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

There is a Boer laager some miles above the camp, the scourings of which—horrid thought!—are constantly brought down to us.

From With Rimington by Phillipps, L. March

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 Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Irving, Washington