We Outgrew You

A collection of pictures of abandoned or lost toys taken on my wanderings.

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destroy |diˈstroi|

verb [ with obj. ]

put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.

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garbage |ˈgärbij|

noun chiefly N. Amer.

a thing that is considered worthless or meaningless.

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forgotten |fərˈgätn|

past participle of forget (verb): to fail to remember.

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maltreat |malˈtrēt|

verb [ with obj. ]

treat (a person or animal) cruelly or with violence.

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rubbish |ˈrəbiSH|

nounchiefly Brit.

1. waste material; refuse or litter: an alleyway high with rubbish.

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bric-a-brac

noun

shelves cluttered with bric-a-brac: ornaments, knickknacks, trinkets, bibelots, gewgaws, gimcracks, tchotchkes; bits and pieces, odds and ends, things, stuff, junk.

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junk (informal)

noun

an attic full of junk: rubbish, clutter, odds and ends, bric-a-brac, bits and pieces; garbage, trash, refuse, litter, scrap, waste, debris, detritus, dross; vulgar slang crap.

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reject

noun |ˈrēˌjekt|

a person or thing dismissed as failing to meet standards or satisfy tastes: some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships.

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discard

verb |disˈkärd| [ with obj. ]

1. get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable: Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded.

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lose

verb (past and past participle lost |lôst, läst| ) [ with obj. ]

1. be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something): I've lost my appetite | Linda was very upset about losing her job | the company may find itself losing customers to cheaper rivals.

2. become unable to find (something or someone): I've lost the car keys.

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trash

noun

1 the subway entrance was blocked with trash: garbage, refuse, waste, litter, junk, debris, detritus, rubbish.

2 if they read at all, they read trash: junk, dross, dreck, drivel, nonsense, trivia, pulp, pulp fiction, pap, garbage, rubbish; informal schlock; vulgar slang crap.

3 informal that family is trash: scum, vermin, dregs of society, lowest of the low; informal scum of the earth, dirt, riffraff.