Dregs Definition

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dreg
noun
The particles of solid matter that settle at the bottom in a liquid; lees.
Webster's New World
The most worthless part.
The dregs of society.
Webster's New World
A small amount remaining; residue.
Webster's New World
Dregs are defined as the most worthless and most undesirable of all items, or the remnants that settle to the bottom of liquid in a container.
People who won't work, who depend on government handouts and who try to game the system are an example of the dregs of society.
Coffee grounds at the bottom of the coffee pot are an example of dregs.
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(figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.

The dregs of society.
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Origin of Dregs

  • See dreg.

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Dregs Sentence Examples

  • Our final visit was to a particularly dingy part of the dregs of the city.

  • They are descendants of feudal days when the mercantile element, being counted as the dregs of the population, lost its self-respect.

  • He will consume the cup to the bitter dregs.

  • Mr Laver, Oxford use the dregs of the teapot to water house plants as they will benefit from the fermenting tea leaves.

  • It doesn't help that I still have the dregs of flu inside me, and my leg has been playing up recently.

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