offscouring

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

/ ˈɔfˌskaʊər ɪŋ, -ˌskaʊ ər-, ˈɒf- /

Often offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.

a social outcast.

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

Treated as the offscouring of all things, he was at last contemptuously beheaded in utter obscurity.
The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings|F. W. Farrar
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
As the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, unto this day.
Things as They Are|Amy Wilson-Carmichael
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

Though we are here the scorn and offscouring of all things, we are as a gazing-stock to men and angels.
The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2)|Luke Tyerman