sweepings
Britishplural noun
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
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
She goes to Rank’s Flour Mills and begs for the sweepings from the floor.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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