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cast-off Adjective discarded because no longer wanted or needed: cast-off clothing Noun a person or thing that has been discarded because no longer wanted or needed Verb cast off 1. to discard (something no longer wanted or needed) 2. to untie a ship from a dock 3. to knot and remove (a row of stitches, esp. the final row) from the needle in knitting
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It was furnished with the cast-off possessions of his bachelor days and with odd things which he sheltered for friends of his who followed itinerant and more or less artistic callings. He had doublets cut out of his old clothes and cast-off cloaks for Mousqueton, and thanks to a very intelligent tailor, who made his clothes look as good as new by turning them, and whose wife was suspected of wishing to make Porthos descend from his aristocratic habits, Mousqueton made a very good figure when attending on his master. They wore the cast-off graces of the gentry; - and this, I believe, involves the best definition of the class. |
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