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leftover (adj.)
also
left-over
, "remaining, not used up," 1890, from
left
+
over
. The noun meaning "something left over" is from 1891;
leftovers
"excess food after a meal" (especially if re-served later) is from 1878; in this sense Old English had
metelaf
.