Scraps
Scraps noun - Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
Tries
Both words in one sentence
- The Elf Queen tries this on Granny Weatherwax in Lords and Ladies, describing how she'll drive Granny insane, reduced to looking through scraps while remaining aware of how the villagers see her.
Source: Cruel Mercy - In one For Better or for Worse comic, Elly tries to feed Farley some scraps leftover from dinner.
Source: Does Not Like Spam -
Professional computer geek Ellen tries for a full day and night to make it work with one laptop, but eventually just scraps them and buys him a new laptop.
Source: Webcomic / Leftover Soup
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Tries and Scraps. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/scraps/tries
Scraps & Tries. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/scraps/tries>.
Tries or Scraps. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/scraps/tries.
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