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Definition of Toss back
1. Verb. Throw back with a quick, light motion. "She tossed back her head"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toss Back
Literary usage of Toss back
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: Abridged from the American Dictionary by Noah Webster, John Walker (1850)
"To throw back : to return an argument or charge; to niake a severe RE-TORT'-ER, n.
One who retorts. RE-TOSS', T. t. To toss again; to toss back. ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1890)
"In beautiful weather, when the wind came from the west, he would toss back his
head, and laugh as if he would split his sides ..."
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