pitching
n.— «If it wasn’t for that building out in Queens that had almost all the best eastcoast indy’s stars in it…I probably be working a good job or on the corner pitching to the pot heads!» —“All Money is Legal interview With DOI questions” by Mike Z, Kash-Murda Official Site of All Money Is Legal Dec. 24, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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