waster

 [wey-ster]  

wast·er

   [wey-ster]
noun
1.
a person or thing that wastes time, money, etc.
2.
a piece of ceramic ware warped, cracked, or melted during firing.
3.
a spendthrift or wastrel.
4.
a destroyer: The Vandals were wasters of cities.
5.
Chiefly British. wastrel (def. 2).
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French wastere, wastour (see -or2); later understood as waste + -er1
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Waster is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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waster (ˈweɪstə)
 
—n
1.  a person or thing that wastes
2.  a ne'er-do-well; wastrel
3.  an article spoiled in manufacture

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