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throwie

throwie

English

Noun

throwie (plural throwies)

  1. (slang) A throw-up; a piece of graffiti produced relatively quickly, generally with a single-colour outline and one layer of fill colour.
    • 2001, Free agents: a history of Washington, D.C. graffiti (page 71)
      Even more impressive is that at the same time, he kept D.C. locked with a steady flow of tags and throwies []
    • 2009, Eric Felisbret, Luke Felisbret, James Prigoff, Graffiti New York (page 130)
      IN is legendary because until IZ, he had the most two-letter throwies in history.