parings, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

parings n.

[Partridge suggests it is only a specific use of SE paring, a thin portion pared off the surface of anything, usu. as refuse or superfluous matter; a shaving]

the clippings of money.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Parings c. the Clippings of Money.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict.
1848		Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open.