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cutthroat

 [kuht-throht]   Origin

cut·throat

   [kuht-throht]
noun
1.
a person who cuts throats; murderer.
adjective
2.
murderous.
3.
ruthless: cutthroat competition.
4.
pertaining to a game, as of cards, in which each of three or more persons acts and scores as an individual.

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Origin:
1525–35; cut + throat
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cutthroat
1530s, from cut (v.) + throat. Of card games, from 1823.
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