Definitions for scourings

scourings scour·ings

Spelling: [skouuh r-ingz, skou-er-]
IPA: /ˈskaʊər ɪŋz, ˈskaʊ ər-/

Scourings is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 334 anagrams from letters in scourings (cginorssu).

Definitions for scourings

noun

  1. dirt or refuse removed by scouring.
  2. refuse removed from grain.

Origin of scourings

First recorded in 1580-90; See origin at scour1, -ing1, -s3

Examples for scourings

But it is by him and men like him, and not by the scourings of the galleys, that we can get to understand the spirit of the time.

And out of the scourings of that vast mass of chalk was our gravel-pit made.

There is a Boer laager some miles above the camp, the scourings of which—horrid thought!

She carefully measured out half a pint of the unsavory fluid—the dregs of the casks and the scourings of the ledge.

So when the cream is off, the rest of the clergy are plainly but skim milk, the scourings of the seminaries.

They were generally commanded by ruffians, and manned with desperadoes of all nations—the scourings of the French galleys.

They do not know, in their pitiable ignorance, the towers and bridges that can be made from the scourings of a washboard factory.

Easy enough to find one of the scourings of Troyes—perhaps an innocent girl once, before she knew him!

The people for the most part were half drunk—they were the scourings from the low taverns in the Southwark Mint.

The population of Suez was said to comprise the scourings of all nations.

Word Value for scourings
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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