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Definition of Drossiest

1. drossy [adj] - See also: drossy

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Drossiest

drosometer Drosophila drosophila drosophilas drosophila heat-shock protein drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster drosophilidae Drosophilidae drosophilla melanogaster

Drosophyllum Drosophyllum lusitanicum dross drosses drossier drossiest (current term) drossy drossy drostdies drostdy

drostdys drosulphakinin drought drought droughtier droughtiest droughtiness droughtinesses droughts droughty

Literary usage of Drossiest

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1. The Paradise Lost of Milton by John Milton (1858)
"... alchemist Can turn, or holds it possible to turn, Metals of drossiest ore to perfect gold, As from the mine. Mean while at table Eve Minister'd naked, ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"And again if it be true, that a wise man like a good refiner can gather gold out of the drossiest volume, and that a fool will be a fool with the best book ..."

3. The World's Famous Orations. by Francis Whiting Halsey, William Jennings Bryan (1906)
"... like a good refiner, can gather gold out of the drossiest volume, and that a fool will be a fool with the best book—yea, or without book; ..."

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