sweepings


sweep·ing

S0938900 (swē′pĭng)adj.1. Having wide-ranging influence or effect: sweeping changes.2. Moving in or as if in a wide curve: a sweeping gesture; a sweeping glance.3. Indiscriminate; wholesale: sweeping generalizations.4. Overwhelming; complete: a sweeping victory.n.1. The action of one that sweeps.2. sweepings Things swept up; refuse.
sweep′ing·ly adv.

sweepings

(ˈswiːpɪŋz) pl ndebris, litter, or refuse

Sweepings

 a collection of persons or things, 1641; rubbish. See also riff-raff.Example:
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