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wast⋅rel

  [wey-struhl]
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–noun
1. a wasteful person; spendthrift.
2. Chiefly British.
a. refuse; waste.
b. a waif; abandoned child.
c. an idler or good-for-nothing.
Origin:
1580–90; waste + -rel
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wast·rel   (wā'strəl)   
n.  
  1. One who wastes, especially one who wastes money; a profligate.
  2. An idler or a loafer.

[wast(e) + -rel (as in scoundrel).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Wastrel

Wast"rel\, n. 1. Any waste thing or substance; as: (a) Waste land or common land. [Obs.] --Carew. (b) A profligate. [Prov. Eng.] (c) A neglected child; a street Arab. [Eng.]

2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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wastrel 
"spendthrift, idler," 1847, from waste (v.) with pejorative suffix (cf. mongrel, scoundrel, doggerel).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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