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dross
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[drɒs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- something regarded as worthless; rubbish
(e.g: there are bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross)
- foreign matter, dregs, or mineral waste, in particular scum formed on the surface of molten metal
(e.g: alchemists tried to create gold from dross)
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Origin
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Old English drōs (in the sense ‘scum on molten metal’); related to Dutch droesem and German Drusen ‘dregs, lees’
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