throw bones

throw bones
 v. phr.— «He’s weary of seeing drug buys in his own driveway—cocaine dealers from gangs such as the North Pole, Stone Cold Gunaz and Bush Rod Boyz “throwing bones,” as the street parlance goes.» —“A Lonely Fight Against Lawlessness” by John M. Glionna Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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