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Webster 1913 Edition


Wastrel

Wast′rel

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Noun.
1.
Any waste thing or substance
; as:
(a)
Waste land or common land.
[Obs.]
Carew.
(b)
A profligate.
[Prov. Eng.]
(c)
A neglected child; a street Arab.
[Eng.]
2.
Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Wastrel

WASTREL

,
Noun.
A state of waste or common. [Local.]