pitch-and-toss

[pich-uhn-taws, -tos]

pitch-and-toss

[pich-uhn-taws, -tos]
noun
a game in which players toss coins at a mark, the person whose coin hits closest to the mark tossing all the coins in the air and winning all those that come down heads up.

Origin:
1800–10
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pitch-and-toss
 
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a game of skill and chance in which the player who pitches a coin nearest to a mark has the first chance to toss all the coins, winning those that land heads up

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