Antonyms for deadwood
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : ded-woo d |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛdˌwʊd |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for deadwood
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