Definitions for Leavings
leav·ings

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. leavingsnoun

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

2. leavingsnoun

   A worthless surfeit of material, as leftovers from a meal or scrap lumber.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leavingsnoun

   Remnant; relicks; offal: it has no singular.

   Etymology: from leave.

   My father has this morning call’d together,
   To this poor hall, his little Roman senate,
   The leavings of Pharsalia. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   Then who can think we’ll quit the place,
   Or stop and light at Cloe’s head,
   With scraps and leavings to be fed. Jonathan Swift.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leavings

   things left; remnants; relics

2. Leavings

   refuse; offal

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leavings

   lēv′ingz, n.pl. things left: relics: refuse.—n. Leav′ing-shop, an unlicensed pawnshop.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LEAVINGS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Leavings is ranked #158432 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Leavings surname appeared 102 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Leavings.
   
   72.5% or 74 total occurrences were White.
   24.5% or 25 total occurrences were Black.

Anagrams for Leavings »

1. svengali

How to pronounce Leavings?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Leavings in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Leavings in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Leavings in a Sentence

1. Walt Whitman:

   And whether I come to my own today or in ten thousand or ten million years, I can cheefully take it now, or with equal cheerfulness I can wait... And as to you, Life, I reckon you are the leavings of many deaths, (No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before.)

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leavings
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Leavings
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Leavings
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Leavings
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html