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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
throw , v. - (Pottery) a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.
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- verb Present participle of
throw .
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Examples
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The term throwing good money after bad comes to mind.
Left Wing Politics Gordie 2008
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The word throwing struck me; it was metallic and sharp and seemed incompatible with the frayed edges of his shirt collar.
The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007
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The word throwing struck me; it was metallic and sharp and seemed incompatible with the frayed edges of his shirt collar.
The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007
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To Bupalos: I think that's what we call throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
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To Bupalos: I think that's what we call throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Hillary Hits Obama: We Need A "Hands On" President 2009
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That was what you called throwing a wrench in the works.
The Overload Protocol Mark Walden 2009
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That was what you called throwing a wrench in the works.
The Overload Protocol Mark Walden 2009
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Larry Craig has a new legal maneuver, and in a surprise move he's reportedly blasting a fellow Republican for what he calls throwing him under the bus.
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This is the account of this bloody action as it was sworn against him at his trial by his own daughter, though he persisted in it that what she called throwing down was only gently laying her on the bed after she received the blow, which as he averred happened only by chance, and her own pressing against him as the knife was in his hand.
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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"That's what they call throwing dust in any one's eyes, isn't it?" said
Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days George Manville Fenn 1870
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