cast|a|way

cast|a|way
cast|a|way «KAS tuh WAY, KAHS-», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. thrown away; cast adrift.
–n.
1. a shipwrecked person: »

The castaways swam to the island.

2. an outcast.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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