random
/ˈɹændəm/ noun B1- A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
- An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence. · The party was boring. It was full of randoms.
- The direction of a rake-vein.
- A frame for composing type.
Plural randoms
From the library
Finally he lit his pipe, and sitting in the inglenook of the old village inn he talked slowly and at random about his case, rather as one who thinks aloud than as one who makes a considered statement.
He little thought of this when he made that random shot.
He could see that she was vastly impressed by this vague talk, so he endorsed his pose by random insinuations concerning great wealth, and mentioned familiarly a few names that are handled reverently by the proletariat.
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