scourer
1 AmericanEtymology
Origin of scourer1
First recorded in 1425–75, scourer is from the late Middle English word scourour. See scour 1, -er 1
Origin of scourer2
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; scour 2, -er 1
Example Sentences
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So has the man behind hit song Power turned to a charity-rank scourer to come up with this find?
From BBC
“If you have Teflon pans in a commercial kitchen environment, it’s just not practical to say to every dishwasher, ‘Don’t use the scourer on that pan,’” Smithers says.
From The Guardian
He is equally a curator, collector, exhibition designer, photographer, historian, archivist and scourer of auctions and antique emporia.
From New York Times
To me, Incubus will always be posters on my bedroom wall, stealing snogs with guys who had goatees like wire scourers and singing Drive in school assembly.
From The Guardian
“My alarm didn’t even go off this morning and then I lost my scourers so I couldn’t wash my dishes.”
From The Guardian
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