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cast-off

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cast·off  (kstôf, -f)
n.
1. One that has been discarded.
2. Printing A calculation of the amount of space a manuscript will occupy when set into type.
adj. also cast-off
Discarded; rejected.
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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Adj.1.cast-off - thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
discarded, throwaway, thrown-away
unwanted - not wanted; not needed; "tried to give away unwanted kittens"
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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.
Alexander's Bridge by Cather, Willa View in context
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.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
They wore the cast-off graces of the gentry; - and this, I believe, involves the best definition of the class.
The Man of the Crowd by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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