Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that has been discarded.
- noun Printing A calculation of the amount of space a manuscript will occupy when set into type.
- adjective Discarded; rejected.
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- noun something that has been
rejected ordiscarded ; areject - adjective discarded or rejected
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Examples
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Using what he describes as castoff materials he has salvaged over time, Gregory -- a specialist in the tuning and repair of organs -- put together an impressive instrument incorporating drums, cymbals, snare and bass drums, trumpets, xylophone and other instruments which drew an immediate large crowd whenever he started it up.
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"That's the beauty of the swap," says Brownstein, 59, a paralegal, as a dozen women, some with plastic glasses of wine in one hand and reusable Trader Joe's bags on their shoulders, rummage through each other's sweaters, bags, shoes and coats: One woman's castoff is another woman's catch.
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Sleeper: Toronto center Travis Green has become highly valuable as a faceoff man and Carolina defenseman Aaron Ward, a Detroit castoff, is crucial to Carolina's team.
USATODAY.com 2002
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Actually, forgetting the words didn't end up hurting those who had already proved their musical mettle, such as record-label castoff
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It’s like a tractor - simple and just keeps on going … Have added more hard drive space, a Nvidia video card castoff from a friend ($10), a better keyboard, same 6 year old trackball mouse, same printer and scanner, same old speakers.
Microsoft President on Micro-Hoo: We Can Do It - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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It’s called That’s Amore, a show in which wannabe star F-ers fight to the death for the right to date some castoff from the Tila Tequila show (casting call above, series trailer after the jump).
KILL ME NOW 2008
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Every year, there are "castoff" players from every team who get traded to other teams, and become stars.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local BroncoDave 2010
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Every year, there are "castoff" players from every team who get traded to other teams, and become stars.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local BroncoDave 2010
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Every year, there are "castoff" players from every team who get traded to other teams, and become stars.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local BroncoDave 2010
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Every year, there are "castoff" players from every team who get traded to other teams, and become stars.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local BroncoDave 2010
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