▪ the most worthless part or parts of something:"the dregs of society"Similarscumrefuserabblevermindown-and-outsgood-for-nothingsoutcastsdeadbeatstrampsvagrantsthe underclassthe untouchablesthe lowest of the lowthe great unwashedthe hoi polloithe ragtag (and bobtail)the canailleinformal:riffraffZ-listtrashdossers
Word OriginMiddle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish drägg (plural).