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1. Thrown away
   "throwaway children living on the streets";
   - cast-off, discarded, thrown-away
    
2. Intended to be thrown away after use
   "throwaway diapers"

1. (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
   - street Arab, gamin
    
2. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
   "he mailed the throwaway to all subscribers";
   - circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer
    
3. Words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis

1. Throw or cast away
   "throw away your worries";
   - discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, cast away, put away
    
2. To remove
   - shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, drop, lose

Derived forms: throwaways, threw away, throwing away, thrown away, throws away

See also: disposable, unwanted

Type of: actor's line, ad [informal], advert [Brit], advertisement, advertising, advertizement [US, non-standard], advertizing [US, non-standard], get rid of, guttersnipe, remove, speech, street urchin, take, take away, withdraw, words

Encyclopedia: Throwaway