pitch and toss en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) A game played by tossing a coin and calling heads or tails.
- (uncountable) A game in which coins are thrown at a mark, the person who throws nearest having the right of tossing all the coins, and keeping those which come down head uppermost.
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(figuratively, uncountable) Careless treatment of something, or trusting to luck about it.
to play pitch and toss with the property of the country
1866, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XIX, in Felix Holt, the Radical […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
Synonyms
Translations (6)
te చిత్తాట (game played by tossing a coin and calling heads or tails) · fi kolikonheitto (game played by tossing a coin and calling heads or tails) · fr pile ou face (game played by tossing a coin and calling heads or tails) · it testa o croce (game played by tossing a coin and calling heads or tails) · tr yazı tura (game played by tossing a coin and calling heads or tails) · fi lantinheitto (game played by tossing a coin and calling heads or tails)