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Example sentences from the Web for dregs All the good stuff—the Oscar bait—comes out in November or December; the dregs are reserved for January and February.
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They are not interested in the dregs from my stash of clothes.
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Having drunk the Clinton Global Initiative to the dregs , a hopey-changey hangover ensues.
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The fish dies and is brought back to life—along with grandpa—with the dregs of a bag of chips.
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According to Kennedys version, it is the heros excess in draining the cup to the dregs which calls for punishment.
Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail | Alfred Nutt
The cup of bitterness was not, however, drained to the dregs .
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12) | Edmund Burke
"Most remarkably strange, and very unfortunate for me," admitted Gwen, drinking her cup of bitterness to the dregs .
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth | Angela Brazil
Perhaps because of the similarity of their miserable origin in the dregs of mankind, she had understood Ricardo perfectly.
He held it up to the light and satisfied himself that no dregs remained.
The Yellow Crayon | E. Phillips Oppenheim
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pl n solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee
residue or remains
British slang a despicable person
Word Origin for dregs C14 dreg, from Old Norse dregg; compare Icelandic dreggjar dregs, Latin fracēs oil dregs
Words nearby dregs Dred Scott decision, dree, dreg, dreggy, D region, dregs , Dreibund, dreich, dreidel, dreigh, dreikanter
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