What is the meaning of DEAD MANS-THROTTLE. Phrases containing DEAD MANS-THROTTLE
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Lump of lead is London Cockney rhyming slang for head.
Dead soldier is slang for an empty bottle of alcohol. Dead soldier is American slang for leftovers.
Front brakeman on a freight train who rides the engine cab. Also called head pin
Throttle that requires pressure of operator's hand or foot to prevent power shut-off and application of brakes. An engine so equipped would stop instantly if the operator fell dead. Also called dead man's button
obstinate (he was dead-set on not doing it)
- If something is dear it means it is expensive. I thought Texan insurance was dear.
Alive or dead was th century London Cockney rhyming slang for the head.
Judge Dread is London Cockney rhyming slang for head.
Dead meat is slang for a person who is dead, about to die or inevitably doomed.
Very, extremely.[ David was drop dead gorgeous].
Sauce. Pass the dead horse
Ball of lead is London Cockney rhyming slang for head.
Very or extremely. For example "it was dead good". Tends to be associated with a northern UK accent.
If something is dear it means it is expensive. I thought Texan insurance was dear.
Dead eye is British slang for the anus.
Dead president is Black−American slang for paper money
Dead bang is American slang for caught red−handed.
Adv. Very, extremely. E.g."Our holiday was dead good."
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So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
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Dead.
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Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
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Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
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Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
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The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.
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Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
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A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
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Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
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See under Dead, a.
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Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.
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Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
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Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
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Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
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The language spoken in the Isle of Man. See Manx.
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Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
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One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
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Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
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Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language.
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