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offcut

British

/ ˈɒfˌkʌt /

noun

a piece of paper, plywood, fabric, etc, remaining after the main pieces have been cut; remnant

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A university lecturer has successfully grown a full-size ruby from a tiny offcut in what is believed to be a world-first process.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024

The blueprints and offcut materials are then shipped to family-run workshops in Mumbai and Delhi to be manufactured.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021

Now, his core business is to make his offcut goods as gifts which are sold back to clothes designers and given to customers along with the garments they have bought.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021

One person’s offcut is another person’s revealing nugget.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2019

This sounds more like a Beach Boys offcut mind, but the lyrics are unimpeachable in their brown-nosing: "They were playing lovely tunes/ by the light of the moon."

From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2010

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