Word of the Day:
scourer
What It Means
A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware.
A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
A scourer may be in the form of a mesh (ball) of wires, a flat piece of a rough fabric, or a pad with a soft sponge-like side and a more abrasive side.
Scourer in Context
“in those days of highwaymen and scourers”
Did You Know?
From Middle English scourer, skourer, scowrrere, equivalent to scour + -er.
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