noun
- Sometimes offensive. ( a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets)
- synonyms: street arab, gamin
- An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.
- usage: "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
- Words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis.
adjective
- Thrown away.
- usage: "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
- synonyms: cast-off, discarded, thrown-away
- Intended to be thrown away after use.
- usage: "throwaway diapers"
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