"He seems to have a mania for diamonds," said Morcerf, smiling, "and I verily believe that, like Potemkin, he keeps his pockets filled, for the sake of strewing them along the road, as Tom Thumb did his flint stones."
make a place messy by strewing garbage around.
An elderly woman was strewing the floor with chalk so that the dancing shoes would not slip.
What a mess! Look at the pajamas strewing on the bed.
