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throttlebottoms

throttlebottoms is the plural of throttlebottom.

Meaning of throttlebottom

Noun

throttlebottom (plural throttlebottoms)

  1. (derogatory) An incompetent holder of a public office.
    • [...] to puzzle through the plans for their current project, rehash a controversy on the airport board, growl about some throttlebottom at city hall [...]2005 June 1, Susan Edsall, Into the Blue: A Father's Flight and a Daughter's Return, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN

Questions about throttlebottoms

What is throttlebottoms the plural of?
Throttlebottoms is the plural of throttlebottom.

Words near throttlebottoms in the dictionary

  1. throttle jockeys
  2. throttle valve
  3. throttle valves
  4. throttleable
  5. throttlebottom
  6. throttlebottoms
  7. throttled
  8. throttled down
  9. throttlehold
  10. throttleholds
  11. throttleless

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