offscouring

[ awf-skouuh r-ing, -skou-er-, of- ]
/ ˈɔfˌskaʊər ɪŋ, -ˌskaʊ ər-, ˈɒf- /

noun

Often offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
a social outcast.

Origin of offscouring

1520–30; off + scouring, after verb phrase scour off

Words nearby offscouring

offish, offlap, offline, offload, offprint, offscouring, offscourings, offscreen, offset, offset lithography, offset printing

Words related to offscouring

debris, scrap, trash, rubbish, hogwash, rummage, junk, leavings, slop, swill, rubble, litter, dross, offal, excess, dregs, ruins, sweepings, dreck

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