[plural] [noun] - the solid bits that sink to the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee, which are not usually drunk, or (figurative) a group of people in society whom you consider to be immoral and worthlessIn one swift go, she had drunk her coffee down to the dregs (= finished it).(figurative) People tend to regard drug addicts as the dregs of society.
DREGS
Meaning of DREGS in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012