† wastelingn.
Obsolete. rare.
= waster n.1 6a.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun]
poornessa1382
chaffc1386
cold roast?1406
arse-guta1413
short end1560
under-kind1571
inferior1589
canvas-back1605
underthing1620
under-sort1655
wasteling1750
slouch1767
shamea1771
neck beefa1777
rep1786
wastrel1790
wastera1800
shoddy1862
piece1884
tinhorn1887
robbo1897
cheapie1898
buckeye1906
reach-me-down1916
dog1917
stinkeroo1934
bodgie1964
cheapo1975
1750 R. Pococke Trav. (Camden) 7 Such of all sorts [of stone ware] as are not perfect are call'd wastleings, and are sold very cheap to hawkers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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