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Draff

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n.1.Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.
Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks.
- Shak.
The draff and offal of a bygone age.
- Buckle.
Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt.
- Tennyson.
Draff anything thrown away—Johnson, 1755; sweepings; refuse; lees; dregs, 1205.
Examples: draff of filthy errors, 1555; of stories, 1385.


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' said Gurth, setting down the cup, ``what nectar these unbelieving dogs drink, while true Christians are fain to quaff ale as muddy and thick as the draff we give to hogs
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