avskrap

Swedish

Etymology

av (“off”) +‎ skrap (“"scrape", scrapings, scraps”)

Noun

avskrap n

scrapings, scraps (waste material, from scraping, or more generally)
(figuratively) scum, dregs, offscourings (contemptible or worthless people)
Hon är avskrap
She is scum

samhällets avskrap
the dregs / offscourings of society
(figuratively) trash, garbage, refuse (the worst of something)
scrapings (scraped-off material, for example deposited onto something)

Declension

Declension of avskrap
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	avskrap	avskrapet	—	—
Genitive	avskraps	avskrapets	—	—

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