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wastrel
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wastrel \Wast"rel\, n.
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.]
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2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks,
china, etc. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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