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gleanings

British  
/ ˈɡliːnɪŋz /

plural noun

  1. the useful remnants of a crop that can be gathered from the field after harvesting

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some chopped-down gleanings don’t drop, exactly, but come indoors as the stuff of impromptu arrangements that merge vivid tropical foliage with native fall wildflowers.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022

You can also sign up to participate in the organization's farmers market gleanings, collecting boxes of fresh produce from local farmers to donate to various direct-service agencies for the needy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2014

It's clearly the gleanings of a lifetime's reading, and Crotty has walked a nice line between poetry that deals with Ireland, with questions of Irish character and history, and poetry qua poetry.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2010

The inspiration was in his gleanings, he said.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2010

Sarai’s determination, from her moths’ gleanings of the night’s first crop of dreams, was that Soulzeren had told her husband but no one else of the...encounter...at the citadel.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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