Meaning

2 senses

  1. Synonym of throw (“piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing”).

  2. The smuggling of items into a prison by throwing them over a wall.

Origin

Deverbal from throw over.

Deverbal from throw over.

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Forms

plural: throwovers
Singularthrowover
Pluralthrowovers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
throwA1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
throwA2throwbackthrowerthrushthrustthruster

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