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Webster 1913 Edition
Leavings
Leav′ings
,Noun.
pl.
1.
Things left; remnants; relics.
2.
Refuse; offal.
Webster 1828 Edition
Leavings
LE'AVINGS
,Noun.
1.
Things left; remnant; relics.The leavings of Pharsalia.
2.
Refuse; offal.Definition 2024
leavings
leavings
English
Noun
leavings (uncountable)
- A worthless and incidental residuum, as scraps from a meal or shavings or sawdust from wood.
- The leavings were thrown to the dogs.
- A worthless surfeit of material, as leftovers from a meal or scrap lumber.
- The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.
Translations
that which is left
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