offscouring

American  

[awf-skou^uhr-ing, -skou-er-, of-] / ˈɔfˌskaʊər ɪŋ, -ˌskaʊ ər-, ˈɒf- /

noun

1. Often offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.

2. a social outcast.

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Etymology

Origin of offscouring

1520–30; off + scour ¹ ( def. ), + -ing ¹ ( def. ), after verb phrase scour off

Example Sentences

They were the despised and rejected, the wretched and the spat upon, the earth’s offscouring; and he was in their company, and they would swallow up his soul.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Such doctors are the offscouring of the medical profession.

From Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers by Andrew, Elizabeth Wheeler

We are made as it were the filthiness of the world, the offscouring of all things, even unto this time.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

As to Ursula de Vesc, she detests me much as I detest that offscouring from the dregs of brazen Paris who will meet you at the Chien Noir.

From The Justice of the King by Drummond, Hamilton

Now, of course, we are not about to become the offscouring of the earth by yielding these up to destruction.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various