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Word entry · 8 letters

scouring

Best crossword clue

"Scrubbing clean"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈskaʊə.ɹɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted cginorsuStarts with SEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

Used in a sentence

  • For that kind of lax and scouring called bloody flux, see the article BLOODY FLUX.
  • Thus in 1670 the London bills ascribe 142 deaths to “bloody flux, scouring, and flux,” and 3,690 to “griping in the guts.”
  • It was also found that scouring had occurred in the bed of the mill lade, which passes between the first and second piers.

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