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wastrel

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Any waste thing or substance

Waste land or common land.

A profligate.

A neglected child; a street Arab.

Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.

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It is possible that Henry’s biological father is not the improvident wastrel he’s grown up with (whose luck has to turn soon), but the exploitative, murderously successful businessman, Suthers. Source: Internet

Playing against type, Cary Grant makes Johnnie an imposing charmer, wastrel and cad. Source: Internet

The "beauty" depicted, you see, could be that chubby wastrel on the shore, but also the billboard of some Botero-sized babe adorning the games of chance, like SkeeBall, on the Coney Island boardwalk itself. Source: Internet

Dashton Rafferdy is the wastrel son of one of Altania's great magnates who views claims that he is descended from one of the great magical families as a potentially dangerous distraction from his pursuit of shallow enjoyment. Source: Internet

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