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dross

d raws

  • n  worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
  • n  the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

  • And from such dross is true art made.
  • But he was a name by then, and his audience was usually entranced enough by the insights he offered to accept all the dross that accompanied them.
  • I took a sip from the glass (which he had forgotten to salt) and tasted a cloyingly sweet dross.
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    June 11, 2013 - ThomasNet
Quotes

  • Tony Mowbray in Sportinglife.com
    I don't want to be harsh but I thought it was a pretty dross game of football,said Mowbray. "I don't think there was too much to talk about, it was a pretty poor match. I can't remember them having too many chances but we've lost 1-0 and...
  • Steve Bruce in AFP
    The referee was dross,said Bruce, whose side have won only once away in the league this season. "He made some poor decisions. But I got fined last month and don't want to say too much. The tulips and daffodils are out now and I don't want...

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