Thesaurus / draff
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How to use draff in a sentence
Tyrwhitt and Bell print drafty, explained by full of draff or refuse.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 5 (OF 7) -- NOTES TO THE CANTERBURY TALESGEOFFREY CHAUCERDraff, draf, n. dregs: the refuse of malt that has been brewed from.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 1 OF 4: A-D)VARIOUSThey are the draff and offal of a bygone age, and we will not have them obtruded here.
HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION IN ENGLAND, VOL. 3 OF 3HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE"Guid faith, it's a true sayin, 'The fat sow gets a' the draff,'" rejoined Janet.
WILSON'S TALES OF THE BORDERS AND OF SCOTLANDVARIOUSThis promontory seemed to serve as an appendix for the draff of the neighborhood's rubbish.
SINISTER STREET, VOL. 2COMPTON MACKENZIEEvery man has his ain draff poke, though some hang eider than others.
THE PROVERBS OF SCOTLANDALEXANDER HISLOPIt may prove "nothing worth, mere chaff and draff much better burnt," but many friends have insisted they found it interesting.
THE THIRTEENTHJAMES J. WALSHIn the result, Wallace's body was tossed over the wall into 'a draff midden,' presumably lifeless.
SIR WILLIAM WALLACEA. F. MURISONWORDS RELATED TO DRAFF
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