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throw-down
 n.— «“It’s a Saturday night special, judge,” Barrett said. “It’s not a mystery that a gun with no serial numbers is used by criminals. It’s used as a throw-down.”» —“Accused Cop Has Record Of Larceny” New Orleans Times-Picayune (La.) Apr. 21, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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