| Most of the gilding was worn off by the frequent scourings which it had undergone beneath the hands of a black slave. |
| And out of the scourings of that vast mass of chalk was our gravel-pit made. |
| But it is by him and men like him, and not by the scourings of the galleys, that we can get to understand the spirit of the time. |
| While scourings would have occurred episodically, the corrosion would have proceeded at a regular pace. |
| So when the cream is off, the rest of the clergy are plainly but skim milk, the scourings of the seminaries. |
| The population of Suez was said to comprise the scourings of all nations. |
