throw
n.— «Those are only the shoppers who haven’t found throws as a solution to their holiday gift-finding woes. Perhaps because of the threat of a cold winter or a cold house as Hoosiers try to save on heat, decorator throw blankets are being shown just about everywhere.» —“Throw holiday gift-giving to the wind” by Rosa Salter Rodriguez Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Dec. 18, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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