thrower
a person or thing that throws.
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A “snow thrower” is another name for a single-stage snow blower.
Best snow blowers for elderly people in 2022 | Brandon Russell | September 19, 2022 | Popular-ScienceParty throwers and party-goers should look for a model that boasts a battery that can last over 12 hours.
The best budget Bluetooth speakers to drop the bass without dropping much cash | Carsen Joenk | February 4, 2022 | Popular-ScienceFitzpatrick isn’t statistically a much better deep-ball thrower than Heinicke, but he does have 147 career starts to Heinicke’s seven, which might give him more of the benefit of the doubt from his coaches when deciding to make a risky throw.
Taylor Heinicke isn’t going deep, and that could limit the length of his WFT starting stint | Sam Fortier | October 18, 2021 | Washington PostRarely a showstopping thrower in Wisconsin’s run-heavy scheme, the graduate transfer picked apart Florida State in his Notre Dame debut.
Five teams to watch in Week 2 of college football (plus the rise of Central Florida) | Patrick Stevens | September 10, 2021 | Washington PostPocket-bound throwers like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers once dominated the league.
The NFL’s conference title games will feature an endangered species: The pocket passer | Adam Kilgore | January 21, 2021 | Washington Post
So far as I know, no one has ever done this to an Olympic discus thrower.
Like his predecessors, his background was as a javelin thrower.
One grill turned into a flame-thrower for a 28-year-old woman after the propane hose came loose and sprayed her with flames.
Fireworks, Lightning, Riding Lawnmowers and Other Summer Menaces | Trevor Butterworth | July 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFinally, the Tribune's bomb-thrower, John Kass, notes the growing unease between two core constituencies of the Democratic Party.
Dutch judo competitor Edith Bosch was sitting next to the bottle thrower and threw a punch at him after seeing the incident.
7 Unsolved Olympic Mysteries: Pot Brownie, Bottle Thrower & More | Nina Strochlic | August 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe doesn't look at all like a stone-thrower, as a matter of fact; but he—and other seals—can throw stones nevertheless.
Due deduction having been made for this and that, Mr Daniel thrower's share was found to amount to the sum of £98, 17s.
A Sheaf of Corn | Mary E. MannMcGibbon, at short, is a clean fielder and an accurate thrower; in addition, he bats well.
Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 | VariousBut the very first "spitball" which spattered upon the blackboard proved a disastrous missile for its thrower.
Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. LincolnHe had not gone far before he felt the ground give beneath his feet, and springing back, he saw a German bomb-thrower in a pit.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10) | James Edward Parrott
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