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castoff

[ kast-awf, -of, kahst- ]

/ ˈkæstˌɔf, -ˌɒf, ˈkɑst- /

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adjective

thrown away; rejected; discarded: castoff clothing.

noun

a person or thing that has been cast off.

Printing. the estimate by a compositor of how many pages copy will occupy when set in type.

Origin of castoff

First recorded in 1735–45; adj., noun use of verb phrase cast off

Words nearby castoff

castleford, castlereagh, castles in the air, castner, castner process, castoff, castor, castor and pollux, castor bean, castor oil, castor sugar

Example sentences from the Web for castoff

Doubtless she would hail his wish—half a reform in itself—to castoff the outward signs of an accepted degradation.

What Will He Do With It, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The child pointed to what appeared to be some ragged, castoff clothes left in the hole by the late occupant.

Selected Stories |Bret Harte
Behold him, beneath the mass of stale and putrid slime, a castoff, friendless and penniless vagabond.

Treading the Narrow Way |R. E. Barrett
Are you not a bit sorry for the neat little halo that now hangs like a piece of castoff clothing on the bedpost of an adulteress?

The Goose Man |Jacob Wassermann

A player comes on under the shadow, made up in the castoff mail of a court buck, a wellset man with a bass voice.

Ulysses |James Joyce