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dregs Noun, pl 1. solid particles that settle at the bottom of some liquids 2. the dregs the worst or most despised elements: the dregs of colonial society [Old Norse dregg] Dregs refuse; rubbish; lowest form of human life; anything thrown away—Johnson, 1755. Examples: dregs of conscience, 1597; of disease, 1639; of noble doctrines, 1531; of fanatics, 1761; of the measles, 1824; of nature, 1675; of ancient night, 1719; of oil, 1440; of the population, 1867; of refuse, 1531; of Romish superstition, 1789; of tar, 1752; of time, 1685; of wine, 1870; of the world, 1546.
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dregs Translations n pl dregs [dregz] 1 the solid matter which is left at the bottom of a container when the liquid is all used up the dregs of the wine. moer رواسِب، ثُفْل، ثمالَه утайка sedlina bundfald der Bodensatz κατακάθι heces, poso sagu ته نشست؛ لرد pohjasakka lie מִשקָע तलछट talog, drozga üledék endapan dreggjar, botnfall feccia かす (액체를 따라낸 그릇에 남는) 찌꺼기, 앙금 nuosėdos, padugnės biezumi; nosēdumi keladak bezinksel bunnfall, grums osad, fusy borra drojdie осадок usadenina usedlina talog bottensats ตะกอน tortu, telve, posa 殘渣 осад, гуща تلچھٹ cặn 残渣 2 anything worthless the dregs of society. uitvaagsel حُثالَه отпадък spodina udskud; bundfald der Abschaum απόβρασμα escoria põhjakiht بخش بی ارزش pohjasakka rebut חֶלאָה बेकार हिस्सा ostaci, izmet söpredék sampah sori, úrhrak feccia くず 불필요한 존재 padugnės padibenes; atkritumi tidak berguna uitschot utskudd, berme szumowina escória drojdie подонки spodina izmeček šljam drägg, avskum สิ่งไร้ค่า ayak takımı, süprüntü, döküntü 廢物 покидьки بے کار شے cặn bã 废物 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Ye are the best braggarts, and have sufficiently learned the art of making dregs boil. I believe, first, that neither a leader nor any decisive action can come out of the dregs of a people. My state of mind regarding the pilfering from which I had been so unexpectedly exonerated, did not impel me to frank disclosure; but I hope it had some dregs of good at the bottom of it. |
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