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dregs

 
 
/dregz/ noun

Translation

[plural] the part of a drink at the bottom of a glass or other container that usually contains small solid bits
tortu, birikinti, posa, tabaka, (kahve) telve
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the dregs of society/humanity people who you think are extremely bad or unimportant
ayak takımı, alt tabaka
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(Definition of dregs noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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