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deadwood
noun- an incompetent or otherwise useless person US, 1887
- He’d have a lot of deadwood to clear out, or put some sap back into ’em. — Jim Thompson, The Grifters, p. 122, 1963
- Luke Zigman was surprised to see the old deadwood player being rolled back into the casino by his nephew at three in the morning. — Stephen Cannell, King Con, p. 224, 1997
- a flaccid penis US
Extended from WOOD - — Adult Video News, p. 51, October 1995
- unsold tickets for a performance US, 1934
- — Wilfred Granville, The Theater Dictionary, p. 54, 1952
- — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 30, 1980
- non-playing observers of gambling US
- — John Scarne, Scarne on Dice, p. 482, 1974
- a person caught outright committing a crime US
- — William K. Bentley and James M. Corbett, Prison Slang, p. 92, 1992
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