Synonyms for offal
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : aw-fuh l, of-uh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔ fəl, ˈɒf əl |
Définition of offal
Origin :- late 14c., "waste parts, refuse," from off + fall (v.); the notion being that which "falls off" the butcher's block; perhaps a translation of Middle Dutch afval.
- noun garbage
- Offal and carrion were strewn all about the place; it swarmed with flies.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
- Wherever I turned the place was saturated with the blood of fish and offal.
- Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu
- I have seen Mary contending with the pigs for the offal thrown into the street.
- Extract from : « The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass » by Frederick Douglass
- I have seen poor Mary contending for the offal, with the pigs in the street.
- Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
- They dropped and died on the dust-heaps they had been rummaging for offal.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- Like a wise trapper, he put aside the offal to serve as bait for the traps.
- Extract from : « Kiddie the Scout » by Robert Leighton
- He was crouching near François, watching for the offal of the birds.
- Extract from : « The Boy Hunters » by Captain Mayne Reid
- By day they prowled around the camp, and fought with the dogs for the offal and the bones.
- Extract from : « The Madigans » by Miriam Michelson
- A Caliban amidst Calibans, they heap him with their burdens, and feed him on their offal.
- Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- All Offal Court was just such another hive as Canty's house.
- Extract from : « The Prince and The Pauper, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Antonyms for offal
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