leavings

English

Etymology

Participial form of "leave".

Noun

leavings pl (plural only)

A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.
The leavings were thrown to the dogs.
A worthless surfeit of material, such as leftovers from a meal, or scrap lumber.
The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.

Translations

that which is left

Old English: laf

Anagrams

sleaving, svengali

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