dreggy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛɡi
Adjective
[edit]dreggy (comparative dreggier, superlative dreggiest)
- Containing dregs or lees; muddy; foul.
- 1837 June, “The American Quarterly Review: March and June 1837”, in Horticulture, volume XXI, page 376:
- In the third place, I truly esteem those that are pretty much perfumed and well scented, though I do not care that this perfection should be enclosed in a pulp that is extremely hard and full of dreggy matter, as the amadotte, the citron, and the great winter musk pears.
- 2005, Ola West, A Clean Week[1], page 21:
- Now, I have been in cleaning about two years and I know one thing, cleaning and catering are the dreggiest jobs to be in.
- 2008, Rob Love, A Ballad of Love and War, iUniverse, page 185:
- It was now dark and Heath found himself walking into the dreggiest part of town.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]containing dregs or lees
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muddy — see muddy
References
[edit]- “dreggy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.