cast off
Example Sentences
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Cast-off furniture and drinks cans buffed to a silvery sheen rank among the finds the late Brazilian-born, London-based artist transfigured with a light touch.
From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2011
Cast-off the halliards—there—cheerily, men; that’s the way to do it!”
From The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea by Schonberg, J.
Cast-off shoes were secured for all but Jimmie, and Mr. Morton was compelled to take him to a shoe store and buy him his first pair of new shoes.
From Jimmie Moore of Bucktown by Trotter, Melvin Earnest
Cast-off clothing, express prepaid, and free from all contagious diseases, accepted at its full value.
From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson
Cast-off male attire has always been fatal ever since the celebrated shirt of Nessus.
From The Road to Damascus by Rawson, Graham
