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dregs

/ »å°ùɛɡ³ú /

plural noun

  1. solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee
  2. residue or remains
  3. slang.
    a despicable person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dregs1

C14 dreg, from Old Norse dregg; compare Icelandic dreggjar dregs, Latin ´Ú°ù²¹³¦Å§²õ oil 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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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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