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offscouring

[ awf-skouuh r-ing, -skou-er-, of- ]
/ ˈɔfˌskaʊər ɪŋ, -ˌskaʊ ər-, ˈɒf- /
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noun

Often offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
a social outcast.

RELATED WORDS

debris, scrap, trash, rubbish, hogwash, rummage, junk, leavings, slop, swill, rubble, litter, dross, offal, excess, dregs, ruins, sweepings, dreck

Nearby words

  1. offishly,
  2. offlap,
  3. offline,
  4. offload,
  5. offprint,
  6. offscourings,
  7. offscreen,
  8. offset,
  9. offset lithography,
  10. offset printing

Origin of offscouring

1520–30; off + scouring, after verb phrase scour off
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