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(slang) to dispose of, to throw away a brief summary of a broader work or idea meant to be attractive to a third party e.g. "What's the pitch?" pitcher a large container (often earthenware), usually round with a narrow neck, used for holding water or another liquid [54] (US: jug) any container with a handle and lip or spout for liquids* (UK: jug)
toilet (slightly vulgar slang) (bog off) go away (slightly vulgar slang, often jocular) wetland that accumulates appreciable peat deposits A plot of artificially floodable farmland used to grow cranberries (a cranberry bog) bogey dried nasal mucus usu. after extraction from the nose (US: booger) (informal) the score of one over par in golf
Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...
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"Rattler" is a slang expression for a freight train. Hop the twig [2] To die Informal Also 'to hop the stick'. Pagan belief that to jump a stick on the ground leads to the Afterworld. In Abraham's bosom [2] In heaven Neutral From the Holy Bible, Luke 16:22. It's clipped To die/be killed Slang New York Slang for saying something is over.
A slang dictionary is a reference book containing an alphabetical list of slang, which is vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage, usually including information given for each word, including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology.
The word was first derived from “yaga,” which means “work” in the Yagara language – the traditional language of the Yagara people who live in the region around what is now known as Brisbane.
"Thrown Away, a short story by Rudyard Kipling Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Throwaway .