1. (noun) street arab, gamin, throwaway
(sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
2. (noun) circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
"he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
3. (adj) throwaway
words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
4. (adj) cast-off(a), discarded, throwaway(a), thrown-away(a)
thrown away
"wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
5. (adj) throwaway(p)
intended to be thrown away after use
"throwaway diapers"
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