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dreg

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dreg  (drg)
n.
1. The sediment in a liquid; lees. Often used in the plural.
2. The basest or least desirable portion. Often used in the plural: the dregs of humanity.
3. A small amount; a residue.
[Middle English dreg, from Old Norse dregg.]
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Noun1.dreg - a small amount of residue
small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
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I know how soon youth would fade and bloom perish, if, in the cup of bliss offered, but one dreg of shame, or one flavour of remorse were detected; and I do not want sacrifice, sorrow, dissolution--such is not my taste.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
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