offscourings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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They immediately built a theater, which cost them seven thousand dollars, and employed a company of actors, the offscourings of maratime city theaters.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
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 Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
But the syndicated Press omit to record that only a miserable handful paraded the streets, the offscourings of the city's purlieus, amid the derision of the onlookers.
From Victory out of Ruin by Maclean, Norman
The common soldiers were considered, and often were, the offscourings of the community.
From Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France by Gosse, Edmund
Experts and the offscourings of the earth drifted to the great government camp and Jim and all his assistants exercised a constant and rigid sifting process.
From Still Jim by Morrow, Honoré
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