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leftover

[left-oh-ver] Origin

left·o·ver

[left-oh-ver]
noun
1.
Usually, leftovers. food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, especially when saved for later use.
2.
anything left or remaining from a larger amount; remainder.
adjective
3.
being left or remaining, as an unused portion or amount: leftover meatloaf.

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Leftover is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1890–95; noun use of verb phrase left over; see left2


3. surplus, excess, extra.

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leftover (ˈlɛftˌəʊvə)
 
n
1.  (often plural) an unused portion or remnant, as of material or of cooked food
 
adj
2.  left as an unused portion or remnant

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leftover
"something left over," 1891, from left + over. As an adj., "remaining, not used up," from 1897.
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