CASUAL

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance. Casual breaks, in the general system. W. Irving.

2.
a.

Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses. A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture. Hawthorne.

3.
n.

One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.


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