From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
throwaway \throw"a*way\ a.
1. designed to be discarded after a single use; disposable.
[PJC]
2. spoken with deliberate underemphasis; as, a throwaway line
in a play.
[PJC]
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
throwaway \throw"a*way\ n.
1. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a
leaflet) intended for wide distribution.
Syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier,
flyer
[WordNet 1.5]
2. words spoken in a casual way with conscious underemphasis.
[WordNet 1.5]
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
throwaway
adj 1: thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes";
"throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged
some thrown-away furniture" [syn: {cast-off(a)},
{discarded}, {throwaway(a)}, {thrown-away(a)}]
2: intended to be thrown away after use; "throwaway diapers"
n 1: (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned
and roams the streets [syn: {street arab}, {gamin},
{throwaway}]
2: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet)
intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to
all subscribers" [syn: {circular}, {handbill}, {bill},
{broadside}, {broadsheet}, {flier}, {flyer}, {throwaway}]
3: words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
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