dregs

/ (drɛɡz) /

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pl n

solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee

residue or remains

British slang a despicable person

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Word Origin for dregs

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

Words nearby dregs

Dred Scott Decision, dree, dreg, dreggy, D region, dregs, Dreibund, dreich, dreidel, dreigh, dreikanter

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How to use dregs in a sentence

All the good stuff—the Oscar bait—comes out in November or December; the dregs are reserved for January and February.
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They are not interested in the dregs from my stash of clothes.
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Having drunk the Clinton Global Initiative to the dregs, a hopey-changey hangover ensues.
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The fish dies and is brought back to life—along with grandpa—with the dregs of a bag of chips.
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The royal family, imprisoned in the Tuileries, were each day drinking of the cup of humiliation to its lowest dregs.
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Did this little man really know as much as he pretended, or was he merely fumbling around in the dregs of a forgotten past?
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They come into power flushed with success, and are themselves the very dregs of radicalism.
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My kinsman did not observe the loss, but, once more throwing back his head, drained the remainder to the dregs.
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This same bitter cup is filled for your own lips, and you must drink it to the dregs.
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