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  • 111swill — n 1. slop, hogwash, scraps, orts; garbage, refuse, Dial. culch, rubbish, waste, offal; dregs, remains, offscourings. 2. deep draught, guzzle, gulp, swig, drink, dose, v 3. guzzle, toss off, drink quickly, Sl. chug a lug, Sl. chug; swig, drink… …

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  • 112trash — n 1. rubbish, riffraff, Brit. Dial. raff, litter, sweepings, chaff; refuse, Dial. culch, garbage, waste, offal; debris, detritus, rubble, wreckage; remains, leavings, leftovers, scraps, orts, hogwash, swill; remainder, residue, residuum; scoria,… …

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  • 113vermin — n 1. lice, cooties, Dial. varmints. 2. scoundrel, dog, cur, reptile, swine, snake, snake in the grass, Inf. bad egg. 3. riffraff, rabble, ruck, rout, canaille, scum, scum of the earth, dregs or offscourings of society, Contemptuous. ragtag and… …

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  • 114waste — v 1. squander, fritter away, fool away, dissipate, lose, misuse, misspend; expend, consume, use up, drain, exhaust, deplete; throw away, burn up, run through, go through, Sl. blow; disperse, scatter, spill, muddle away; splurge, lavish, play the… …

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  • 115scum — [[t]skʌm[/t]] n. v. scummed, scum•ming 1) a) a film or layer of foul matter that forms on the surface of a liquid b) a film of algae on still or stagnant water: pond scum[/ex] 2) refuse or offscourings 3) a low, worthless person 4) such persons… …

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  • 116waste — [n1] spending, use without thought decay, desolation, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, dissipation, disuse, exhaustion, expenditure, extravagance, fritter*, havoc, improvidence, lavishness, loss, lost opportunity*, misapplication, misuse,… …

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  • 117colluvies — kəˈlüvēˌēz noun (plural colluvies) Etymology: Latin, collection of washings, dregs, offscourings, from colluere to wash, from com + luere (from lavere to wash) more at lye …

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  • 118offscouring — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: off (III) + scouring (after scour off, v.) 1. : something that is scoured off : cast off filth : refuse 2. : someone driven off from society …

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