sweepings
Example Sentences
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In a statement Banksy jokes: "While the unauthorised Banksy shows might look like sweepings from my studio floor, CUT & RUN really is the actual sweepings from my studio floor."
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023
But sweepings demands for a more equitable society were left for later.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2020
“The paper of ‘A sketch of the viscera,’ c.1515–16, contains fragments of wood chips, hair, wool and insect parts, possibly sweepings from the mill floor,” explains the Royal Collection, in its statement.
From Fox News • Jan. 29, 2019
It was like mild Ovaltine mixed with floor sweepings.
From New York Times • May 25, 2017
“Then instruct me, for the sake of Ptah the Bearded! That scowling one, the First Craftsman, said nothing but ‘Wash these sweepings, young one!’ with never a word as to how or why.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
