skimmings
Britishplural noun
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material that is skimmed off a liquid
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the froth containing concentrated ore removed during a flotation process
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slag, scum, or impurities removed from molten metals
Example Sentences
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The pool will be skimmed, and the skimmings will be left in a pile, which we have to clean up.
From Washington Post
These skimmings are afterward referred to as "thorns."
From Project Gutenberg
And likewise the new business must be paying him powerful well right from the go-off, because we certainly is rolled up in the lap-robes of luxury and living off the top skimmings of the cream.
From Project Gutenberg
The skimmings are sometimes placed in pans and subsequently made into a second grade of sheet rubber, or they receive treatment with a small proportion of sodium bisulphite and eventually appear as fine pale crepe.
From Project Gutenberg
A vast number of her Majesty's subjects dart over the debater and the discussor of the newspaper, like storm petrels, and thrive upon what skimmings they retain.
From Project Gutenberg
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