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What is the noun for dregs?

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dregs
  1. (collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
  2. (figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “I swigged the dregs of my coke, crunching what remained of the ice cubes.”
      “At one end are public figures whilst at the other are the dregs of society.”
      “He swigged the dregs of his coffee, wiped the back of his hand across his moustache and typed in the headline.”
dreg
  1. Sediment in a liquid.
  2. By extension, the lowest and most worthless part of something.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Steven, Kiri and now Monty were channeling every dreg of their formidable power into their defense of Rose, but they were overmatched.”
      “I will drink the cup which thou hast mingled, and not a dreg of any of its ingredients shall be left for my people.”
      “Currents and awesome wind with floatsome foam and dreg clinging dog paddle through mountainous seas toward safety of shore.”
dregginess
  1. Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence.
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