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Examples of offscouring in a Sentence
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
First Known Use of offscouring
1526
offscouring Synonyms
Synonyms
chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck (also drek), dross, dust, effluvium (also effluvia), junk, litter, offal, garbage, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, spilth, trash, truck, wasteRelated Words
crud, sewage, slop, swill, wash; detritus, remains, rubble, ruins; dump, scrap heap; lumber, odds and ends, trumpery; flotsam, jetsam, wreckage; castoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwaway; nothing, straw, two bitsNear Antonyms
catch, gem, goody (or goodie), jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure trove, trove, valuable; booty, find, salvageLearn More about offscouring
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