gleanings


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glean·ings

 (glē′nĭngz)
pl.n.
Things that have been collected bit by bit: the gleanings of patient scholars.
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gleanings

(ˈɡliːnɪŋz)
pl n
(Agriculture) the useful remnants of a crop that can be gathered from the field after harvesting
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glean•ings

(ˈgli nɪŋz)

n.pl.
things found or acquired by gleaning.
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gleanings

[ˈgliːnɪŋz] NPL (fig) → fragmentos mpl recogidos
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gleanings

pl (lit)Nachlese f, → aufgelesene Ähren pl; the gleanings of twenty years of studydie Ausbeute eines zwanzigjährigen Studiums; a few gleanings from the press conferenceein paar Informationen von der Pressekonferenz
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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!
"My favorite story is when we donated almost 16,000 pounds of a chocolate item we discontinued to Gleanings for the Hungry," Erker says.
Wolfi slept on a pile of sacks and hoarded his gleanings behind a brick in the wall.
Halpern, author of the new book Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth about why Shavuot is the perfect time to celebrate conversion stories.
This is the invitation faith communities have been looking for." Rabbi Joshua Ratner from Connecticut echoed his sentiments, "I think this is a fantastic opportunity for people of all faiths to actualize the biblical injunction to share the gleanings of our fields with those in need.
"We do gleanings, other farmers do gleanings," Giamarese said.
I am writing in support of Amin Jan Naim's article 'Some gleanings from Plato's Gorgias' published in this newspaper on September 15th.
"There is a new dimension long-term in the purchase decision: the ethical value," Hallmark says, referring to gleanings from a 2008 internal study Bentley did of the world's wealthiest people.