dregs
/dregz/ pl nDefinition
› small, solid pieces that sink to the bottom of a liquid: coffee dregs › The dregs is the part of something that is considered unimportant and unwanted: the dregs of society
(Definition of dregs pl n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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