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Meaning of wastry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈweɪstɹi

Definitions

Extravagance, wastefulness.

Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable

Examples

“Syne Chae had the toddy made and he handed a glass to Ewan first, as was right with a man, and another to Chris, with three spoonfuls of sugar in it, Mistress Strachan might have had something to say about that if she'd seen such wastry.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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