Dreg

Definitions

singular of dregs (“sediment in a liquid”)

countable, form-of, in-plural, singular, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“to the last⟳ dreg”

“What makes this pretty abruption? What too curious dreg espies my sweet lady in the fountain of our love⟳?”

“O! be the cup of joy to thee consign'd, / Of joy unmix'd, without a dreg behind!”

“Fear and trauma may drain to the last⟳ dreg the dischargeable nervous energy, and, therefore, the greatest possible exhaustion may be produced by fear and trauma.”

““Ay, thou doubter! Ay thou disbelieving dreg!””

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