Parings

They cost an arm and a leg, while barely being worth the parings from a fingernail, and it pisses me off. ❋ Deep_bluze (2005)

Three things are said respecting the finger-nails: -- He who trims his nails and buries the parings is a pious man; he who burns these is a righteous man; but he who throws them away is a wicked man, for mischance might follow, should a female step over them. ❋ Various (N/A)

It was not such ice as is usually found in bays or rivers and near shore; but such as breaks off from the islands, and may not improperly be called parings of the large pieces, or the rubbish or fragments which fall off when the great islands break loose from the place where they are formed. ❋ James Cook (1753)

It was not such ice as is usually found in bays or rivers and near shore; but such as breaks off from the islands, and may not improperly be called parings of the large pieces, or the rubbish or fragments which fall off when the great islands break loose from the place where they are formed. [ ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

'There,' I said, as I put the parings into her hand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And I put my bluff across, for my mother flung the parings into my face and burst into tears. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They custom made us a tasting menu with wine parings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There will be wine parings and a performance by Blues Alley [Georgetown, we're guessing M Street/Wisconsin]. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

For others, the reshuffling will create some unusual parings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Fromage, Chocolate & Port (History of chocolate & chocolate tasting, classifying cheeses and cheese tasting, Port and wine parings) is sold out but there are still 3-4 spots available for the ❋ Unknown (2008)

There will be wine parings and a performance by Blues Alley Georgetown, we're guessing M Street/Wisconsin. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Otherwise, he doesn't have any lines in mind, nor does he have specific defensive parings and hasn't decided whether the two best blueliners will play on the same pair or not. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I cannot stand the idea of this woman in the White House, but we've got to be careful we don't try to turn her toenail parings into a stream of frenzied blogging and MoveOn ads. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A Question of Faith juxtaposes three objects (one of them a mezuzah) used for mainstream ritual purposes with three others used in more obviously superstitious rituals (the collecting of nail parings, for example), thereby implying that superstition, however primitive, forms an integral part of the Jewish — or indeed, any — religion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In this case, the victims were regarding their urine as a waste product no longer integral to his or her body -- the reverse of the practice in many credulous cultures, where urine, feces, nail parings, and hair clippings were regarded as vital parts of the body which had to be disposed of carefully lest malevolent people use them to deprive the owner of strength or health. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Asian cuisines are one area where wine parings are tough. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I found in my tasting for this post that beer can be switched for wine in classic parings. ❋ Unknown (2008)