offscouring

[ awf-skouuhr-ing, -skou-er-, of- ]

/ ˈɔfˌskaʊər ɪŋ, -ˌskaʊ ər-, ˈɒf- /

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noun

Often offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.

a social outcast.

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Origin of offscouring

1520–30; off + scour¹, + -ing¹, after verb phrase scour off

Words nearby offscouring

off-reserve, off-road, off-roader, off-roading, off-sales, offscouring, offscourings, offscreen, off-season, offset, offset lithography

How to use offscouring in a sentence

Though his visit was an errand of mercy, yet he was treated as the offscouring of all things.
Jesus, The Messiah; or, the Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in the New Testament Scriptures|(A Lady) Anonymous
The best of His disciples, those who had caught the enthusiasm of His idea, were treated as the offscouring of the earth.
Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther|Walter Adeney
The degradation of the ass, the offscouring of all things, is probably at the root of this.
Beast and Man in India|John Lockwood Kipling
Is it because those who cherish it are treated as the offscouring of all flesh, in the place of their birth?
Thoughts on African Colonization|William Lloyd Garrison

They were dead to the world, and willing to be accounted as the dung and offscouring of all things, so that they might win Christ.
The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2)|Luke Tyerman

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