Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In mining, the refuse taken from the top of the sieve in jigging, tozing, or chimming.
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If I could afford to indulge in ideals it would be different; but I can't -- not when one word of mine will build a barrier so high that all the soul-killing little skimpings can never climb over it.
The Grafters Francis Lynde 1893
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