Leavings - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈliːvɪŋz|
Brit.
|ˈliːvɪŋz|
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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...the leavings of the banquet were packed up and delivered to a shelter for the homeless...
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