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Any waste thing or substance

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  1. n. Any waste thing or substance
  2. n. Waste land or common land.
  3. n. A profligate.
  4. n. A neglected child; a street Arab.
  5. n. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.
  6. n. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
  7. 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.]
  8. n:100 n. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently