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  • noun Plural form of peeling.

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Examples

  • Cooking the quince long and slow with all the peelings is the best way, giving it a deep fragrance and the classic carnelian colour.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Sometimes, when he had not many "peelings," he would go to town and get

    Beautiful Joe Marshall Saunders 1904

  • Sometimes, when he had not many "peelings," he would go to town and get a load of decayed vegetables, that grocers were glad to have him take off their hands.

    Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography 1893

  • Kitchen scraps: peelings and choppings of fruit and vegetables, except citrus, eggshells, coffee grinds, shredded newspaper, bits of cardboard and all manner of rotten fruit and veggies are especially welcome.

    Susan Fogwell: Priscilla Woolworth: Compost Q & A Susan Fogwell 2011

  • Dinner was a bowl of soup 30% water with potato peelings and a tiny scrap of sausage.

    Eric Batty 2010

  • She never threw anything away and I remember she made preserves for us kids out of apple peelings.

    Chipotle ketchup changes everything | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

  • If you don't want to use the boxed pectin, just add an apple or some apple peelings.

    How to make apricot jam | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

  • Variation 1: Extra flavor About 30 minutes before you start the pasta, bring the cream—plus another 2 tablespoonfuls—to a boil in a saucepan and drop in some dried mushrooms, chopped fresh thyme or rosemary, black truffle peelings or even a spoonful or two of crushed black peppercorns.

    A Not-Risotto by Any Other Name Dorie Greenspan 2011

  • "I've educated and encouraged students, cafeteria staff and chefs to compost any peelings or leftovers from lunch."

    C. M. Rubin: How Will They Lead? C. M. Rubin 2011

  • "I've educated and encouraged students, cafeteria staff and chefs to compost any peelings or leftovers from lunch."

    C. M. Rubin: How Will They Lead? C. M. Rubin 2011

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