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dregs

/dɹɛɡz/ noun C2
  1. The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
  2. The worst and lowest part of something. (figuratively) · the dregs of society· I sat through the dregs of a long hectic evening.
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