reedman
(also reedsman)
noun
1 English regional ( East Anglian ), a person who cuts, prepares, and sells reed for thatching.
2Chiefly Jazz, a player of a reed instrument.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in William Marshall (bap. 1745, d. 1818), agricultural writer and land agent. From reed + man; in form reedsman from the genitive of reed + man.
- throw good money after bad
- throw-in
- throwing stick
- throw in one's lot with
- throw in the towel (or sponge)
- throw money at
- throw off
- throw off at
- throw of the dice
- throw oneself at
- throw oneself into
- throw oneself on (or upon)
- throw oneself on someone's mercy
- throw one's hand in
- throw one's hat in (or into) the ring
- throw one's hat in the ring
- throw one's money about/around
- throw one's toys out of the pram
- throw one's weight about (or around)
- throw one's weight behind
- throw (or cast or shed) light on
- throw (or catch) someone off balance
- throw (or chuck)a seven
- throw (or knock) someone for a loop
- throw (or pour) cold water on