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- noun Plural form of
shaving .; thoseparticles orpieces left after or created by shaving.
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Examples
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I have fairly frequent cravings for shavings from the delicious ground-meat cylinders, like, pretty much every time I pass by a cart.
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This afternoon was a frenzy of activity, with lights going in, the boiler being tested, an avalanche of sawdust and shavings from the wooden worktops.
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Get some small sawdust shavings from a workbench etc.
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Can whittling shavings from a stick make you a better carver?
Blogging vs writing 2006
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"I 'm getting my money 's worth out of that bunch, just in the fun of planning ahead," he realized, while he whittled shavings from the edge of a cracker-box to start his supper fire.
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With a bit of sharp-edged flint he scraped tiny curls of shavings from a half-formed ashwood arrow, which, from time to time, he lifted even with one eye to look along its glimmering length toward the light, to see that it was straight and flawless, his soft, even voice warbling out the strangely beautiful Indian tradition of
The Shagganappi 1913
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Cut into thin shavings two pounds of common yellow or white soap, put it on the fire with just water enough to keep it from burning; when quite melted, add a quarter of
Confederate Receipt Book: A Compilation of over One Hundred Receipts, Adapted to the Times 1865
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In an ideal world, I was going to try either pouring or drizzling with semi sweet chocolate ganache while it was still frozen, but as it happens I just covered it in shavings.
Archive 2009-03-01 Laura 2009
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In an ideal world, I was going to try either pouring or drizzling with semi sweet chocolate ganache while it was still frozen, but as it happens I just covered it in shavings.
The Much Delayed, Somewhat Anticlimactic But In No Way Disappointing Trio Of Chocolate Mousse Cake Laura 2009
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We call the shavings of fish (which are little worth) gubbings; and sure it is that they are sensible that the word importeth shame and disgrace.
Westward Ho! 2007
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