glean·ings (gl  n ngz)pl.n. Things that have been collected bit by bit: the gleanings of patient scholars. |
gleanings
Noun, pl
pieces of information that have been gleaned
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gleanings Noun, pl pieces of information that have been gleaned |
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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) 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. 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 |
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