sweepings

Example Sentences

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It’s peanut sweepings, as Homer Simpson would say.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2022

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

She goes to Rank’s Flour Mills and begs for the sweepings from the floor.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt