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Definition of Offscouring

Offscouring
Offscouring Off"scour`ing, n. [Off + scour.] That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised. --Lam. iii. 45.

Meaning of Offscouring from wikipedia

- the despised and rejected, the wretched and the spat upon, the earth's offscouring; and he was in their company, and they would swallow up his soul." John...
- employees in the Hanoi-area of Vietnam to produce Smartphones, while offscouring some manufacturing to China and manufacturing large portions of its phones...
- derisive names that have been used to refer to poor whites: Waste people. Offscourings. Lubbers. Bogtrotters. Rascals. Rubbish. Squatters. Crackers. Clay-eaters...
- before the emigration. Some, particularly in the early years, were "the offscourings of Canton--goal-birds, loafers and vagabonds," who swiftly deserted the...
- motives in establishing the colonies had been 'selfish', 'to deliver the offscourings of her civilisation upon the s****s of Australia'. Australia desired...
- The waste or refuse of any thing, the droppings of trees, sweepings, offscourings, rubbish, filth Sterry, Paul; Hughes, Barry (2009). Complete Guide to...