/ ˈweɪstrəl; NAmE / noun
( literary ) a lazy person who spends their time and/or money in a careless and stupid way
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (denoting a strip of waste land): from the verb waste + -rel .
/ ˈweɪstrəl; NAmE / noun
( literary ) a lazy person who spends their time and/or money in a careless and stupid way
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (denoting a strip of waste land): from the verb waste + -rel .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005