dreg

Definition

Slang

• noun a despicable or worthless person. A middle-class term of abuse or disapproval which has been rare since the late 1960s. It is a modern back-formation from the standard plural ‘dregs’, which itself derives from an Old Norse term for oil or wine residues.

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Contexts for “dreg”

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• Slang