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leavings - What does it mean?

Definition of 'leavings'

English

Noun

(-)
  • 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.
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