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Dreg

noun
1.
A small amount of residue.





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"Dreg" Quotes from Famous Books



... generally very mean and despicable in all respects. They were the worst preachers I ever heard; they were ignorant to a reproach; and many of them were openly vicious. They . . . were indeed the dreg and refuse of the northern parts. Those of them who arose above contempt or scandal were men of such violent tempers that they were as much hated as the others were despised.' {2b} It was little to be wondered at, from this account that the country-folk refused to go to the parish church, and ...
— Lay Morals • Robert Louis Stevenson


Words linked to "Dreg" :   small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount


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