leavings en · NOUN
Etymology
Participial form of "leave".
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.
[T]he outdoor dogs […] were permitted to raven unchecked upon chicken bones, fat slices of ham, and luscious leavings of cream when the packing-up time came.
1894, E[dith Anna] Œ[none] Somerville, Martin Ross [pseudonym; Violet Florence Martin], chapter XII, in The Real Charlotte […], volume I, London: Ward and Downey […], →OCLC, page 168:I daresay we can find one of those devoted, hard-working little scrubs who are glad to come for nothing and live on the table leavings. And when there's nothing else for her to do she can always put in some time working in the garden—I have to keep it in order.
1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.
Translations (5)
pdt Äwabliefsel (that which is left) · bg остатъци (that which is left) · ang laf (that which is left) · ga fuílleach (that which is left) · fi tähteet (that which is left)