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Throwaway
/θrˈoʊəwˌeɪ/
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noun
throwaway
n.
1.
An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.
Synonyms:
circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer
2.
Words spoken in a casual way with conscious underemphasis.
adjective
throwaway
adj.
1.
Designed to be discarded after a single use; disposable.
2.
Spoken with deliberate underemphasis; as,
a throwaway line in a play
.
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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man, watchful among the warm sweet fumes of Graham Lemon's, placed a
throwaway
in
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— Ulysses • James Joyce
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