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Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : kast-awf, -of, kahst-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæstˌɔf, -ˌɒf, ˈkɑst-

Definition of castoff

As in old : adj obsolete, outdated
As in discarded : adj rejected
As in olden : adj old
As in derelict : adj deserted, forsaken
As in scrap : noun tiny bit of something
As in desertion : noun abandonment
As in flotsam : noun floating debris

Example sentences :

So he picked up some castoff feathers of the Peacocks and stuck them among his own black plumes.
Extract from : « The sop for Children » by sop

Are you not a bit sorry for the neat little halo that now hangs like a piece of castoff clothing on the bedpost of an adulteress?
Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann

Doubtless she would hail his wish—half a reform in itself—to castoff the outward signs of an accepted degradation.
Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

A player comes on under the shadow, made up in the castoff mail of a court buck, a wellset man with a bass voice.
Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce

The child pointed to what appeared to be some ragged, castoff clothes left in the hole by the late occupant.
Extract from : « Selected Stories » by Bret Harte

Behold him, beneath the mass of stale and putrid slime, a castoff, friendless and penniless vagabond.
Extract from : « Treading the Narrow Way » by R. E. Barrett

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