dreg

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  1. noun The sediment in a liquid; lees. Often used in the plural.
  2. noun The basest or least desirable portion. Often used in the plural: the dregs of humanity.
  3. noun A small amount; a residue.

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  • It had a tail, like a dreg, but it looked strong and powerful. —  Asimov'sSF,October-November2007
  • Basically this year, some of the candy I was most excited about picking up ended up being some of the worst tasting dreg I've ever shoved into my mouth. —  Branded in the 80s!
  • I mean with such over bloated dreg like Grease and Young Frankenstein currently playing on Broadway, would shake the great white way to its very core. —  PegasusNews.com stories
  • She, at least, knows where all the DNC dreg dog bones are buried. —  TIME.com: Top Stories
  • This is, again, the same old dreg that you hear from creationists, IDists, and others that gets shot down again and again. —  Planet Atheism
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  1. Middle English dreg, from Old Norse dregg.
 

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