offcast
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of offcast
First recorded in 1565–75; adj., noun use of verb phrase cast off
Example Sentences
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Two other supporting performances, both offcast, are emblematic of the care with which Whose Life has been made.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thou wast an offcast bride, And wouldst be an affianced one—thou art so!
From The Hunchback by Henry Morley
He greeted Mr. Fear hospitably, having been so lately an offcast of the streets himself that his adoption had taught him to lose only his old tremors, not his hopefulness.
From The Conquest of Canaan by Booth Tarkington
Which will you be, an honorable wife, or a despised offcast?
From Ellen Walton The Villain and His Victims by Alvin Addison
There's a mystery about the child, and I am of the opinion that it has been stolen, or is known to be the offcast of some respectable family.
From Cast Adrift by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
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