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Definition of Tossup
1. Noun. An unpredictable phenomenon. "It's a toss-up whether he will win or lose"
Definition of Tossup
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of toss-up) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tossup
1. an even choice or chance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tossup
Literary usage of Tossup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Port Arthur: A Monster Heroism by Richard Hayes Barry (1905)
"I shall relate that in tossup Hall." The elder tossup is a country brewer in
Yorkshire. The younger insists that he is an ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"... SIMPLY A tossup Carlyle worshiped such men and there is enough of the reactionary
element in many of us to exult a little at the sight of a great man ..."
3. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"Sir Harry Sprightly = Giffard : Blenheim 1= Delane : Nicknack = Yates : Bramble =
Macklin : Lady tossup = Mrs. Cross : Lady Rodo- mont = Mrs. Woffington ..."
4. Cognitive-Behavioral Coping Skills Therapy Manual: A Clinical Research Guide edited by Ronald Kadden (1994)
"Even a person's gender is not always clear cut; some people's hormonal makeup is
such that it's a tossup whether they're male or female. ..."
5. Completing the Forecast: Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty for by National Research Council (U.S.), National Academies Press (U.S. (2006)
"... tossup Better Than Even Rather Likely Quite Likely Highly Probable Almost
Certain Absolutely Certain Colored Icon Arrow Icon Tstms Partly Likely Cloudy ..."
6. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1917)
"It was a tossup between her an' Mary, an' one day I was thinking which of 'em to
have—Mary or Anna—when I saw a cigar on the ground. I picked it up, ..."
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