offscouring
[awf-skouuh r-ing, -skou-er-, of-]
- Often offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- a social outcast.
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Origin of offscouring
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Historical Examples
As the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, unto this day.
Things as They AreAmy Wilson-Carmichael
You assert that they are infamous and base, the offscouring of the earth.
The Martyr of the CatacombsAnonymous
The degradation of the ass, the offscouring of all things, is probably at the root of this.
Beast and Man in IndiaJohn Lockwood Kipling
We are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all, even until now.
Is it because those who cherish it are treated as the offscouring of all flesh, in the place of their birth?
Thoughts on African ColonizationWilliam Lloyd Garrison