dregs
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The singer also appeared on records with French jazz group Troc in the 1970s, American rock band the Dregs in the 1980s, and the Grateful Dead spinoff project Go Ahead in the late 1980s.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
The label went bankrupt in 1979 but was revived in the early 1990s; Mr. Sandlin rejoined Capricorn then and worked with the Southern bands Widespread Panic and the Dixie Dregs.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2017
The protagonist of "Dead in the Dregs" is Babe Stern, an ex-Seattle sommelier who runs a bar in California's Sonoma County.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2010
She was a member of the Dregs, an employee of the White Rose, and occasionally a foolish girl, but before anything else she was a Grisha and a soldier.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
With the Dregs at her side, she could stroll by the Menagerie without a glance toward the golden bars on the windows.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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