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gleanings

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glean·ings  (glnngz)
pl.n.
Things that have been collected bit by bit: the gleanings of patient scholars.
gleanings [ˈgliːnɪŋz]
pl n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the useful remnants of a crop that can be gathered from the field after harvesting
Translations
gleanings [ˈgliːnɪŋz] NPL (fig) → fragmentos mpl recogidos
gleanings
pl (lit) → Nachlese f, → aufgelesene Ähren pl; the gleanings of twenty years of study → die Ausbeute eines zwanzigjährigen Studiums; a few gleanings from the press conference → ein paar Informationen von der Pressekonferenz


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1830; The Bravo, 1831; The Heidenmauer, or the Benedictines, 1832; The Headsman, 1833; A Letter to his Countrymen, 1834; The Monikins, 1835; Sketches of Switzerland, 1836; Gleanings in Europe: 1837; (England)
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
As for his gleanings from such jewel-cases as were spending the Easter recess in the strong-room of my bank, without going into rhapsodies or even particulars on the point,) I may mention that they realized enough for me to join Raffles on his deferred holiday in Scotland, besides enabling him to play more regularly for Middlesex in the ensuing summer than had been the case for several seasons.
A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context
He had finished that up and handed its gleanings to the kitten and he was falling-to on the second plateful, when the plate broke in his hand
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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