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Deadwood
name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A hamlet in the County of Northern Lights, Alberta, Canada.
- 2 A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
- 3 An unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States.
- 4 A ghost town in Placer County, California, United States.
- 5 A ghost town in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
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- 6 A ghost town in Trinity County, California, United States.
- 7 An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
- 8 An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
- 9 A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
- 10 An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States.
Noun
- 1 Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris. countable, uncountable
- 2 someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded wordnet
- 3 People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project. countable, uncountable
- 4 a branch or a part of a tree that is dead wordnet
- 5 Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early. countable, uncountable
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- 6 Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley. countable, uncountable
- 7 Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement. countable, uncountable
- 8 Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space. broadly, countable, uncountable
"The defendant […] sustained the injuries at Swatzell's switch, by getting his arm caught between the deadwoods of two freight cars […]"
- 9 Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand. countable, uncountable
- 10 Cards that have been discarded. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From dead + wood.
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