castoff: Meaning and Definition of

cast•off

Pronunciation: (kast'ôf", -of", käst'-), [key]
— adj.
  1. thrown away; rejected; discarded: castoff clothing.
—n.
  1. a person or thing that has been cast off.
  2. the estimate by a compositor of how many pages copy will occupy when set in type.
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