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   offscourings

   /ˈɒfskaʊərɪŋz/

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   • 1. rubbish or dregs.

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   The meaning of OFFSCOURING is someone rejected by society : outcast. the foundry's offscouring was the neighborhood's eyesore the hills are controlled by bandits and other unsavory offscourings who have taken up a life outside the law

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   Someone who is rejected by society.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   Offscourings are something that is scoured off or disposed of, or a person regarded as fallen from society. See the sources, translations and examples of this term from various dictionaries.

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   Define offscouring. offscouring synonyms, offscouring pronunciation, offscouring translation, English dictionary definition of offscouring. ... n. often offscourings ...

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   Offscouring definition: something scoured off; filth; refuse.. See examples of OFFSCOURING used in a sentence.

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   What does offscourings mean?

   • Define offscourings. offscourings synonyms, offscourings pronunciation, offscourings translation, English dictionary definition of offscourings. n. often offscourings 1. Something that is scoured off or disposed of; refuse. 2. A person regarded as fallen from society; an outcast.

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   Where does the noun offscouring come from?

   • The earliest known use of the noun offscouring is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for offscouring is from 1526, in the New Testament. offscouring is formed within English, by derivation.

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   When was offscouring first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun offscouring is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for offscouring is from 1526, in the New Testament. offscouring is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, scouring n.2

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   What does scoured off mean?

   • 1. Something that is scoured off or disposed of; refuse. 2. A person regarded as fallen from society; an outcast. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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   When did scour off enter English?

   • [1520–30; off + scouring, after v. phrase scour off] This word is first recorded in the period 1520–30. Other words that entered English at around the same time include: accent, ballast, bias, monkey, ribbon Someone who is rejected by society.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   Offscourings definition: scum; dregs. See examples of OFFSCOURINGS used in a sentence.