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dregs

[dreg]

noun

dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.

Usually, dregs. the least valuable part of anything: the dregs of society.

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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dregs (drɛɡz)

—*pl n*
1.	solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee
2.	residue or remains
3.	slang (Brit) a despicable person

[C14 dreg, from Old Norse dregg; compare Icelandic dreggjar dregs, Latin fracēs oil dregs]

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Word Origin & History

dregs

c.1300, from O.N. dregg "sediment," from P.Gmc. *drag-. Replaced O.E. dræst, dærst.

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