Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Refuse matter strained out of fat when it is melted and purified; scraps.

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  • noun pork scratchings

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Examples

  • I suspect any resemblance to my own calligraphic scratchings is due to the Muppets 'influence on my own sensibilities at an impressionable age.

    Hands Up Roger Langridge 2008

  • But many climax with what he humbly calls "scratchings" - fully finished drawings for Theo that show no loss of power because of their size.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • The interest excited in society by 'scratchings' has never been equalled since the time of the Cock Lane ghost.

    Some Private Views James Payn 1864

  • Sociologists, psychologists, and historians have increasingly turned to the impromptu "scratchings" of both the educated and the uneducated as indicators of the general mental health and political stability of specific populations. [

    The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany. Part 1 George R. [Commentator] Guffey

  • Hobhouse transferred these "scratchings" to his pocket-books, and thence to his _Historical Notes_; but even as prison inscriptions they lack both point and style.] [60] [Compare --

    The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • While the grills aren't yet fired, the bar "Toast" menu's avail for sustenance starting tonight, topping bread with the likes of Scotch eggs, citrus potted crab, and pork rillete & scratchings, which, other than the boobs on Page 3, is about all The Sun is filled with, too.

    Thrillist: Jones Wood Foundry: A Pub With Proprietary Beer and Meat Pies Thrillist 2011

  • If I had the courage, I'd give everyone a packet of pork scratchings and a hug for Christmas, and ask for the same in return.

    Tis the Season to Give Bad Gift Sam Leith 2011

  • The DRINK AND DRAW SOCIAL CLUB, VOL. 1 contains the scribblings and scratchings of a large group of artists done strictly at pubs and taverns across the country.

    Image Comics for December 2006 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Sure, you're probably slightly better at cull/feed decisions, but now your initial scratchings are trying to thrive in the shadow of a completed work.

    Yes I'm that crazy old mountain man... zornhau 2009

  • While the grills aren't yet fired, the bar "Toast" menu's avail for sustenance starting tonight, topping bread with the likes of Scotch eggs, citrus potted crab, and pork rillete & scratchings, which, other than the boobs on Page 3, is about all The Sun is filled with, too.

    Thrillist: Jones Wood Foundry: A Pub With Proprietary Beer and Meat Pies Thrillist 2011

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