Synonyms for casuals
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kazh-oo-uhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæʒ u əl |
Top 10 synonyms for casuals Other synonyms for the word casuals
Définition of casuals
Origin :- late 14c., "subject to or produced by chance," from Middle French casuel (15c.), from Late Latin casualis "by chance," from Latin casus "chance, occasion, opportunity; accident, event" (see case (n.1)).
- Of persons, in the sense of "not to be depended on, unmethodical," it is attested from 1883; meaning "showing lack of interest" is from 1916. Of clothes, "informal," from 1939. Related: Casually.
- As in clothes : noun apparel
- Casuals set their snares in hedge-bottoms, but these are no good.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of a Poacher » by Anonymous
- She hoped, for the credit of the sex, that the majority of customers were casuals, like herself!
- Extract from : « Lady Cassandra » by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
- With the weight of such fervor and authority "Casuals" was most auspiciously launched.
- Extract from : « Turns about Town » by Robert Cortes Holliday
- These were doubtless, winter casuals, as the summer residents and transients pass through Oregon in October or earlier.
- Extract from : « Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two » by Arthur Bent
- Many, however, continued out of work for a long time, and some are numbered among the casuals to this day.
- Extract from : « Life in a Railway Factory » by Alfred Williams
- In fact, all my readers, whether Batrachologists or Casuals, will agree that this is an unheard-of achievement.
- Extract from : « Edge of the Jungle » by William Beebe
- He made the most of the hundred yards to the tea-camp, nodding remotely to casuals by the way.
- Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan
- The Duke seemed to find grim pleasure in the society of the casuals who made their way to his stone-yards.
- Extract from : « The Portland Peerage Romance » by Charles J. Archard
- By this time it was about half past seven, and the majority of the casuals were up and dressed.
- Extract from : « Stories of Exile » by Various
- I do not, of course, mean to imply that there was anything artificial or "manufactured" about the "vogue" of "Casuals."
- Extract from : « Turns about Town » by Robert Cortes Holliday
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