gleanings
/ˈɡliːnɪŋz/
noun
- Small amounts of leftover crops collected after the main harvest.
- She turned the gleanings of apples into a small batch of cider.
- Farmers often allowed the poor to take the gleanings from the edges of the fields.
- The gleanings from the cornfield filled only a few baskets.
- Bits of information or knowledge gathered from various sources.
- The researcher shared her gleanings from the conference with the rest of the team.
- The book is a collection of gleanings from the author's travels across Asia.
- His essay was full of interesting gleanings from old newspapers and letters.
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