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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : ded-woo d
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛdˌwʊd

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Définition of deadwood

Origin :
  • 1887 in figurative sense of "useless person or thing," originally American English, from dead (adj.) + wood (n.). Dead wood in a forest is useful as firewood; perhaps the reference here is to the dried up parts of plants grown for commercial production of flowers or fruit.
  • As in nonessential : adj not needed or important
  • As in fifth wheel : noun somebody or something unnecessary
Example sentences :
  • Deadwood Gamely broke into a very excessive but false laugh.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • If ever there was poetry in a “Deadwood Dick,” thought Phil, surely it was then.
  • Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
  • Now, it must be premised that Deadwood had recently chosen a sheriff.
  • Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
  • If ever I get the deadwood on you an' yore outfit, I'll sure put you through.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • There's no sense in lopping off a few branches even of deadwood.
  • Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace
  • You bet I just thought I knowed as I'd got the deadwood on him then.
  • Extract from : « Lone Pine » by R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend
  • I soon secured transportation with a mule-train for Deadwood.
  • Extract from : « Thirty Years on the Frontier » by Robert McReynolds
  • Deadwood, at that time, was like all the frontier mining towns.
  • Extract from : « Thirty Years on the Frontier » by Robert McReynolds
  • A regular stagecoach and freight line was maintained to Deadwood, S. Dak.
  • Extract from : « North Dakota » by Various
  • The route from Medora to Deadwood was shorter than that from Dickinson, but it was also rougher.
  • Extract from : « North Dakota » by Various

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