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noun

Remnant n.

That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue. "The remnant that are left of the captivity." "The remnant of my tale is of a length To tire your patience."

A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap. "Some odd quirks and remnants of wit."

(Com.) An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

Synonyms: Residue; rest; remains; remainder.

adjective

Remnant adj. Remaining; yet left. (R.) "Because of the remnant dregs of his disease." "And quiet dedicate her remnant life To the just duties of an humble wife."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Remnant" Quotes from Famous Books

... Johnny McComas had sorted his insects and arranged his stamps. The stable was now, of course, a garage; but the time was on the way when both car and chauffeur would be dispensed with. Parallel wires still stretched between house and garage, as an evidence of Raymond's endeavor to fill in the remnant of Albert's previous vacation with some entertaining novelty that might help wipe out his recollection of the month lately spent with his mother. Albert was modern enough to prefer wireless—just then coming in—to "bugs" and postage-stamps; but the time remaining had been short. ...

— On the Stairs • Henry B. Fuller

... "the two races are not equal and will not blend," it is open to the fatal objection that, having himself proved, with sympathizing pathos, how the West Indies are now well-nigh denuded of their Anglo-Saxon inhabitants, Mr. Froude would have us also understand that the miserable remnant who still complainingly inhabit those islands must, by doing violence to the understanding, be taken as the whole of the world-pervading Anglo-Saxon family. The Negroes of the West Indies number a good deal more than two ...

— West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas • J. J. (John Jacob) Thomas

... were the prey of the foreigner. The English and French merchants were carrying away what had been spared by the Goths and Vandals. 'Are you not ashamed,' he cried to his Roman friends, 'are you not ashamed that your avarice should allow these strangers every day to acquire some remnant of your ...

— The Great Book-Collectors • Charles Isaac Elton and Mary Augusta Elton

... away with the remnant of his little fortune in his pocket. Five minutes' walk brought him to the building that had sheltered him for the last few years. He climbed the stairs and entered the long hail above. He paused, key in hand, before his door, when he heard behind him a light footfall ...

— The Just and the Unjust • Vaughan Kester

... Latin and Appian ways, who, questioning those they met, as some would certainly be dispersed in all directions from the flight, might bring back word what was the fate of the consuls and their armies; and if the gods, pitying the empire, had left any remnant of the Roman name where these forces were; whither Hannibal had repaired after the battle, what he was meditating; what he was doing, or about to do. That these points should be searched out and ...

— The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six • Titus Livius

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