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castoff definition

cast·off (kast′ôf′)

adjective

thrown away; discarded; abandoned

noun

  1. a person or thing cast off
  2. Printing an estimate of the lines or pages of type to be set from a given amount of copy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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