leavings
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Participial form of "leave".
Noun[edit]
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.
- The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.
Translations[edit]
that which is left