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Definition of Offscum
1. n. Removed scum; refuse; dross.
Definition of Offscum
1. Noun. Refuse; scum. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Vile; outcast. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Offscum
1. worthless scum [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Offscum
Literary usage of Offscum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"The act of steering to a distance from the land ; deep water off the shore.
easiness or displeasure ; by way of attack ; offscum, (cf-skum) n.«. Refuse. ..."
2. The Continental System: An Economic Interpretation by Eli Filip Heckscher, Harald Westergaard (1922)
"This offscum of society had suddenly appeared as if sprung out of the soil, and
in the same way it afterwards vanished. All this was by no means peculiar to ..."
3. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, David Garrick (1854)
"The poor man is a kind of money that is not current; the subject of every idle
housewife's chat; the offscum of the people; the dust of the street, ..."
4. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, Israel Gollancz (1893)
"... the offscum of the people ; the dust of the street, first trampled under foot
and then thrown on the dunghill ; in conclusion, the poor man is the rich ..."
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