offscourings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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It was not so easy to fill the empty berth in the forecastle, even from the offscourings of the docks.
From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
They are the victims of society; they do its dirty work, and are cast away as offscourings.
From The Child of the Dawn by Arthur Christopher Benson
For it is not merely the offscourings of the streets, but burghers, magistrates, and officials, who have extended a welcome to the Electoral Prince.
From The Youth of the Great Elector by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
There were also present one or two reporters, and a posse of the offscourings of Stoneleigh small-boydom.
From The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton by Ian Hay
To be disgusted with them, to allow them to disturb our serenity, is as though a painter should sicken at the odour of his pigments and the offscourings of his palette.
From The Silent Isle by Arthur Christopher Benson
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