Ort: The ODO defines ort as archaic or dialectal: (usually in the plural) A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse. ‘ A waiter wheeled up a trolley of elaborately bedized scraps, orts and broken meats.’ ‘ The men’s job was to operate the sweepers, brushing up the vegetable waste, the paper bags, the scraps and orts of the Market like prairie harvesters …
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