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Thrower   /θrˈoʊər/   Listen
Thrower

noun
1.
A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn.  Synonym: throwster.
2.
Someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm).
3.
A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln.  Synonyms: ceramicist, ceramist, potter.



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"Thrower" Quotes from Famous Books



... you had the dexterity of a Mexican knife-thrower," came the guttural voice of Fu-Manchu, "you would be unable to ...
— The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu • Sax Rohmer
... boys and none of the girls, liked Danny, because he was often rough, and would hit them or want to fight, or would play mean tricks on them. Still, sometimes Danny behaved himself, and then the boys were glad to have him on their baseball nine as he was a good hitter and thrower, and he could ...
— The Bobbsey Twins at School • Laura Lee Hope
... shielded warriors of the thrower of the whizzing spear[82] drew their boats across the broad isthmus. Our fearless troops, the exactors of contribution, with flaming brands wasted the populous islands in the lake, and the mansions around its ...
— The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII. • Sturla oretharson
... is that it possesses a flat end, on which it will stand erect. In this position it is delicately placed so that when struck by a cherry "hog" it falls. Each boy in turn throws a certain number of "hogs" at the screw, the successful thrower gathers in the spoil and goes home with his pocket ...
— London's Underworld • Thomas Holmes
... of hard curved wood used by the Australian aborigines of 21/2 ft. long; a deadly weapon, so constructed that, though thrown forward, it takes a whirling course upwards till it stops, when it returns with a swoop and falls in the rear of the thrower. ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood


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