offscouring
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offscouring
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From off- + scouring.
noun offscourings
- Refuse removed from something by scouring.
- An outcast, a pariah. 1861, Theodore Winthrop, Washington as a Camp, The Following Is the Oath By repeating a form of words after a gentleman in a glazed cap and black raiment, we had suffered change into base assassins, the offscouring of society, starving for want of employment, and willing to “imbrue our coarse fists
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Talk about this word "offscouring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/offscouring. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. offscouring. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/offscouring "offscouring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/offscouring.
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@misc{offscouring_2026,
title = {offscouring},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/offscouring},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
