Leavings

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood. plural, plural-only

    "The leavings were thrown to the dogs."

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"The leavings were thrown to the dogs."

Etymology

Participial form of "leave".

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