cut-throat

See also: cutthroat

English

Noun

cut-throat (plural cut-throats)

1. Alternative spelling of cutthroat.

Adjective

cut-throat (comparative more cut-throat, superlative most cut-throat)

1. Alternative spelling of cutthroat.
   • 1957 July, Charles E. Lee, “The Changing Face of Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 446:

     As from January 1, 1899, the former cut-throat rivalry between the South Eastern Railway (under Sir Edward Watkin) and the London, Chatham & Dover Railway (led by James Staats Forbes) was composed by a joint management and traffic sharing (S.E.R. 59 per cent. and L.C.D.R. 41 per cent.) under the South Eastern & Chatham Railway Companies Managing Committee, which was established by Act of August 1, 1899.