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词汇 cut-throat
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cut-throat n.

also cutthroat, "murderer, ruffian, assassin," 1530s, from cut (v.) + throat (n.). As an adjective, "cruel, murderous," from 1560s. Of card games from 1823. For construction, compare daredevil.

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