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Word: Offscouring
Speech Type: Noun
early 16th century; earliest use found in The New Testament. From off- + scouring
Usually in plural. That which is scoured off (literally or figuratively). In biblical use, and allusions to this: a group of people despised and cast aside like rubbish; scum, riff-raff. Occasionally in singular: a worthless or contemptible person.
Filth or defilement cleaned off and thrown away; refuse, rubbish, dregs.
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