dregs

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse dregg (sediment)

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

dregs (plural only)

  1. (collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
  2. (figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.
    the dregs of society

[edit] Usage notes

  • The singular form dreg is far less common, the phrase to the last dreg still has currency)

[edit] Synonyms

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  • debris, deposit, draff, dross, exuviate, feculence, grounds, grouts, lees, orts, rabble, refuse, residue, residuum, riffraff, rubbish, scum, sediment, settling, trash, loser, outcast,

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