shavings

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noun leftover part

noun. debris

noun. leftover part

noun. garbage

"act of removing hair with a razor," also "thin slice taken off," late 14c., verbal noun from shave (v.).

On the floor were a quantity of shavings, and some score of bricks.

The last carpenter had gone, leaving his shavings and chips behind him.

He had various nicknames, "Shavings" being the most popular.

The answer was a savage snarl and a command for "Shavings" to mind his own business.

Even if she knew that he knew, would she accept the counsel of Shavings Winslow?

Mrs. Bounderby took her measure of shavings and Jones's measure at the same time.

With trembling hands the lad took the shavings from Jack's hand.

"Here's my knife; let's whittle some shavings," offered Jack.

The choking of a plane is the stoppage of the throat by shavings.

"As the man's horse did when he fed him on shavings," sneered Scott.