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dreg

[ dreg ]

noun

  1. dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
  2. Usually dregs. the least valuable part of anything:

    the dregs of society.

  3. a small remnant; any small quantity.


dreg

/ ɛɡ /

noun

  1. a small quantity See also dregs

    not a dreg of pity

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dreg1

1250–1300; Middle English < Old Norse dreg yeast (plural dreggjar dregs); cognate with Old Swedish ä dregs
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dreg1

see dregs
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It’s a similar reproach to the dregs of modern culture that you’d see in a “Saw” film, only far more cruel and snobby.

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“Heart Eyes” has two goals: satirize romantic comedies and squeeze the dregs from slasher clichés.

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And the buoy answers, “Yes,” quickly scanning the dregs of the internet to offer up a lifelike image, landing on an influencer.

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It’s funny how this moment is bringing up those little dregs of work that I still need to do in that area.

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Models suggest that the last dregs of the magma ocean crystallized into dense minerals including ilmenite, a mineral containing titanium and iron.

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