Leavings Definition

lēvĭngz
noun
Scraps or remains; residue.
The turkey leavings were fed to the dog.
American Heritage
Things left over; leftovers, remnants, refuse, etc.
Webster's New World

A worthless and incidental residuum, as scraps from a meal or shavings or sawdust from wood.

The leavings were thrown to the dogs.
Wiktionary

A worthless surfeit of material, as leftovers from a meal or scrap lumber.

The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.
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Leavings Sentence Examples

  • We much doubt the desirability of women candidates accepting the party leavings.

  • But it wasn't as an ordinary housewife that my mother primarily wished to be remembered in the leavings of the brown suitcase.

  • But it was n't as an ordinary housewife that my mother primarily wished to be remembered in the leavings of the brown suitcase.

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