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  • noun Plural form of cutthroat.

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Examples

  • For fishermen, though, the nearby South Fork Snake River with its abundant, fine-spotted cutthroats is the main attraction.

    Best of the West - Wyoming 2003

  • This tale of an opportunistic family of cutthroats in Kansas is no exception.

    February « 2010 « The Manga Curmudgeon 2010

  • Certainly, one of the novel's glories is his ability to bring alive all levels of English society, from cutthroats and common soldiers to the king and queen themselves.

    Chasing justice in Henry VIII's England Patrick Anderson 2011

  • Certainly, one of the novel's glories is his ability to bring alive all levels of English society, from cutthroats and common soldiers to the king and queen themselves.

    Chasing justice in Henry VIII's England Patrick Anderson 2011

  • Also, because Broken Angel is aimed at the Christian market, it has more explicit religious elements, though as I explained in my review, I found the construction of Broken Angel's religiously founded universe hard to swallow (cutthroats are people who cut throats, not construct transparent moral tests to prevent the unworthy from joining radical Christian freedom-fighters).

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • Pros: Start with the sea-run fish, the cutthroats, the steelhead and salmon, then work your way east to include trout rivers, and smallmouth bass waters.

    Nominate the Best Fly Fishing State in America 2009

  • Being as interested as I am in the likes of cutthroats and muleys, I'd appreciate some clarity m'self.

    Montana To Consider Bill Protecting Fish Habitat and Forest Jobs 2009

  • And at the same time, dispatching half his cutthroats in the

    THE DEVILS OF FUATINO 2010

  • Being as interested as I am in the likes of cutthroats and muleys, I'd appreciate some clarity m'self.

    Montana To Consider Bill Protecting Fish Habitat and Forest Jobs 2009

  • Shannon's hotel attracts cutthroats, gamblers, and other denizens of the deep to its nautical watering hole, so Shannon is ready to do what it takes to keep the peace, or get a piece of the action.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Blue Tyson 2010

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