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wastrel

[wey-struhl] / ˈweɪ strəl /


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Suddenly the Wastrel took hold of the edge and flung the table aside.

From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold

For us there was genuine relief in turning from the miasma of brooding doom which overhung the Wastrel to the spiced fragrance of this self-revealed personality.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville

After all, the Wastrel was in luck: he was alone.

From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold

I'm thinking that the Wastrel was one day a celebrated professional; and the women were partly the cause of his fall.

From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold

"The Wastrel seemed to take it all right."

From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold




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