cutthroats
- plural of cutthroat.
Example Sentences
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Screenwriter Tony Gilroy, making his directorial debut, wisely subverts the native charisma of star George Clooney, whose portrayal of a man coming undone among Manhattan cutthroats stands as the finest of his career.
From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2018
Because their numbers are not replenished from hatcheries, only catch-and-release fishing, using barbless hooks, is allowed when fishing for seagoing cutthroats.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2017
The boy learned to bait fish with grasshoppers, catch cutthroats and ride a “terrible” horse named Pinkie, who dumped him on the ground.
From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2015
Battleground was planted with 1,813 trout on May 22; Goose got 1,500 half-pound trout, 417 cutthroats averaging 1.5 pounds, and 2,700 rainbows averaging two-thirds of a pound apiece.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2013
The fish were only seven or eight inches long, and when Joe was young they were all beautiful native cutthroats.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
