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dreg
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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.
Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
<
Old Norse
dreg
yeast (plural
dreggjar
dregs); cognate with
Old Swedish
dräg
dregs
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dreg
(drɛɡ)
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n
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dregs
a small quantity:
not a dreg of pity
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dregs
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