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discarded, ppl. a.|dɪˈskɑːdɪd|
[f. discard v. + -ed1.]
1. Cards. Thrown out from the hand.
a1631Donne Serm. xxxviii. 377 We have seen in our age Kings discarded and..the discarded Cards taken in again and win the Game. 1816Singer Hist. Cards 239 The dealer for whom the discarded cards count.
2. Cast off, rejected; dismissed from employment, discharged.
1595Shakes. John v. iv. 12 Welcome home againe discarded faith. 1718Freethinker No. 76 ⁋ 2 A discarded Servant has it in his power to dishonour his Master or Mistress. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 13 The wisdom and virtue of the discarded statesman. 1875Jowett Plato I. 69 We have again fallen into the old discarded error. |