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Synonyms for cutthroats


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuht-throht
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌtˌθroʊt

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Définition of cutthroats

Origin :
  • 1530s, from cut (v.) + throat (n.). As an adjective from 1560s. Of card games from 1823.
  • As in killer : noun murderer
  • As in murderer : noun person who kills
  • As in one-upmanship : noun back-and-forth competition
  • As in manslayer : noun murderer
  • As in massacrer : noun murderer
  • As in murderess : noun murderer
  • As in slaughterer : noun murderer
  • As in slayer : noun murderer
  • As in triggerman : noun murderer
  • As in desperado : noun criminal
Example sentences :
  • Called to see Gatewood, the first man on the list of cutthroats.
  • Extract from : « Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819 » by Richard Lee Mason
  • What are you doing with this gang of cutthroats and banditti?
  • Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
  • How, above all, in this place, in this den of thieves and cutthroats?
  • Extract from : « Monte-Cristo's Daughter » by Edmund Flagg
  • I say we, for I was beginning to take a place in this band of cutthroats when my grandfather died.
  • Extract from : « Mauprat » by George Sand
  • "Our honorable leader" is not always the captain of a band of cutthroats.
  • Extract from : « The Battle with the Slum » by Jacob A. Riis.
  • He's up to mischief—that's to bring up the other cutthroats!
  • Extract from : « Captured at Tripoli » by Percy F. Westerman
  • I was at his mercy, with his cutthroats alongside and the gallows at the back of it.
  • Extract from : « Brothers of Peril » by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
  • Better that than for her to be carried off by these cutthroats.
  • Extract from : « Dick Merriwell Abroad » by Burt L. Standish
  • A murmur of admiration ran through the company of cutthroats.
  • Extract from : « Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded » by Ed. L. Wheeler
  • Page 4, changed "cut-throats" to "cutthroats" for consistency.
  • Extract from : « Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded » by Ed. L. Wheeler
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