What does castoff mean?
Castoff means Discarded, rejected..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Discarded, rejected..
Found art is created when odd, disparate, unlikely, even long-abandoned castoffs are put together with other similarly unexpected remnants to create something new and, if all goes as planned, lovely.
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Castoff means Discarded, rejected..
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Found art is created when odd, disparate, unlikely, even long-abandoned castoffs are put together with other similarly unexpected remnants to create something new and, if all goes as planned, lovely.
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