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Synonyms for draff


Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : dræf

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Définition of draff

  • As in swill : noun nasty liquid
  • As in dregs : noun sediment
Example sentences :
  • Draff, draf, n. dregs: the refuse of malt that has been brewed from.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • This promontory seemed to serve as an appendix for the draff of the neighborhood's rubbish.
  • Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 2 » by Compton Mackenzie
  • "Guid faith, it's a true sayin, 'The fat sow gets a' the draff,'" rejoined Janet.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland » by Various
  • They are the draff and offal of a bygone age, and we will not have them obtruded here.
  • Extract from : « History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3 » by Henry Thomas Buckle
  • Tyrwhitt and Bell print drafty, explained by full of draff or refuse.
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales » by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • In the result, Wallace's body was tossed over the wall into 'a draff midden,' presumably lifeless.
  • Extract from : « Sir William Wallace » by A. F. Murison
  • It may prove "nothing worth, mere chaff and draff much better burnt," but many friends have insisted they found it interesting.
  • Extract from : « The Thirteenth » by James J. Walsh
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