noun · rare

leavings

leavings · leavingses

A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or…A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.

US/lˈivɪŋz/

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(plural, plural only)A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.
The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.

Origin

Participial form of "leave".

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plural: leavingses

Singular	leavings
Plural	leavingses

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