What does drossy mean?
Drossy means worthless.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
worthless.
Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of yeasty collection, which carries them through and through the most profane and winnowed opinions
They found the Mass, ’tis true, but in their Mould They purg’d the drossy Oar to current Gold: Mending their patttern, they escap’d the Curse, Yet had they not writ better, they’d writ worse.
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Drossy means worthless.
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Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of yeasty collection, which carries them through and through the most profane and winnowed opinions
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