"Throw-off" Quotes from Famous Books
... the hour fixed for the throw-off, came and went, and still Poachers' Copse was not relieved of its busy intruders. Many a gentleman foxhunter glanced at his hunting-watch as the minutes passed, many a burly farmer jerked his horse impatiently; while the grey-headed huntsman cracked ... — The Argosy - Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 • Various |