leavings

British  

/ ˈliːvɪŋz /

plural noun

1. something remaining, such as food on a plate, residue, refuse, etc

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Example Sentences

Leavings Sold at auction: the furnishings of "Friendship," the late Washington Hostess Evalyn Walsh McLean's mansion.

From Time Magazine Archive

We got fresh horses at The Leavings, and when I saw a strange driver on the seat my heart sank, fearing that from there on I might not have the same protection.

From Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Roe, Frances Marie Antoinette Mack

In the Septuagint this book of the Chronicles was called "Paraleipomena," "Leavings," "Things Left Over," "Supplements."

From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Gladden, Washington

Leavings from other club rooms no longer apply, and disgruntled alumni associations in schools have ceased to contemplate a move to the nearest branch library.

From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore

By these blanchings, blooms of old, And the relics of your voice - Leavings rare of rich and choice From your early tone and mould - Let me mourn,—aye, sorrow-wrung,    Faded Face,       Sorrow-wrung!

From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas