castoff

[ kast-awf, -of, kahst- ]

/ ˈkæstˌɔf, -ˌɒf, ˈkɑst- /

thrown away; rejected; discarded: castoff clothing.

a person or thing that has been cast off.

Printing. the estimate by a compositor of how many pages copy will occupy when set in type.

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First recorded in 1735–45; adj., noun use of verb phrase cast off

Doubtless she would hail his wish—half a reform in itself—to castoff the outward signs of an accepted degradation.
What Will He Do With It, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The child pointed to what appeared to be some ragged, castoff clothes left in the hole by the late occupant.
Selected Stories|Bret Harte
Behold him, beneath the mass of stale and putrid slime, a castoff, friendless and penniless vagabond.
Treading the Narrow Way|R. E. Barrett
Are you not a bit sorry for the neat little halo that now hangs like a piece of castoff clothing on the bedpost of an adulteress?
The Goose Man|Jacob Wassermann

A player comes on under the shadow, made up in the castoff mail of a court buck, a wellset man with a bass voice.
Ulysses|James Joyce