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throwaway::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cast-off, discarded, thrown-away |
throwaway children living on the streets.
throwaway::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill |
| Type of | advertizing, ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement |
| Has types | stuffer |
throwaway::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gamin, street arab |
| Type of | guttersnipe, street urchin |
throwaway::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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throwaway diapers.
throwaway::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | words, speech, actor's line |
Examples of throwaway
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Can he really be announcing his retirement in a throwaway sentence in his blurb?
From the telegraph.co.uk
The firms are equally fierce competitors in the throwaway pen and razor markets.
From the time.com
On first down, Rodgers scrambled left and was shoved down hard after a throwaway.
From the jsonline.com
Such a throwaway concept undersells what this exhibition accomplishes, vividly.
From the washingtonpost.com
It does, however, lend some linguistic significance to your next throwaway tweet.
From the washingtonpost.com
That was a throwaway line, a possible example and not the result of deep thought.
From the economist.com
On a pack for throwaway cells, the extra terminal taps a fixed reference voltage.
From the newscientist.com
Whether we liked them or not, it was clear that they were not throwaway wines.
From the online.wsj.com
Putting yourself down, even with just a throwaway comment, is no throwaway matter.
From the freep.com
- Cast-off(a): thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
- Street arab: (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
- Circular: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
- Words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
- This is an episode list for the FX crime drama The Shield. Dates shown are original air dates. The series began on March 12, 2002 and ended November 25, 2008.
- (The Throwaways (Australian band)) The Throwaways were a musical group from Melbourne, Australia who played from 1989 to 1995, consisting of Marc Dorey, Sean Baxter, Dave Kendal, Mat Butler and later Matt Charles. ...
- (Throwaways) Children or youth whose parents or guardians will not permit them to live at home, resulting in life on the streets, in shelters, or in other transitional or inadequate accommodations.
- Cheaply printed ad or flyer used for mass distribution where the response is expected to be low. Most people will throw it away, so it must be economical.
- A promotional piece, usually printed on inexpensive stock, intended for widespread, free distribution to houses, businesses or to passersby.
