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Word: throwin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...President Arnold Miller, an alumnus of District 17. "What's Arnold think he's got down here, a bunch of fools?" asks Bill Bowyer, 21. Says his uncle, Jack Bowyer, 38: "We've gone this long. If we give up now, we'd just be throwin' it all away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: District 17 Hangs Tough | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

Boxer Joe Frazier started off the 50-meter swim with a spectacular belly flop. Furiously flailing away but going nowhere, Smokin' Joe surfaced long enough to sputter, "I quit!" Afterward, he panted: "It was like I was throwin' punches at the water and the water kept hittin' back. My big aim was to keep from drownin'." The Cincinnati Reds' Johnny Bench was a more serious competitor in the golf tournament. But two drives into a mangrove swamp erased his early lead and he finished second to Stefanich, who posted a 41 for the nine-hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ten for the Show | 3/5/1973 | See Source »

Hughes was the Judges' starting pitcher last year against Harvard, but this year he's stopped the throwin' in Waltham, and the tossin on Mt. Auburn St. and ventured out on a new career-turnin platters for WBUR, the Brandeis University radio station...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: Crimson Nine Hosts Brandeis Squad Minus Mound Ace From Tommy's | 4/25/1972 | See Source »

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