pitch and toss

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pitch and toss

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  1. uncountable A game played by tossing a coin and calling heads or tails.

    Similar: heads or tails

  2. uncountable A game in which coins are thrown at a mark, the person who throws nearest having the right of tossing all the coins, and keeping those which come down head uppermost.
  3. figuratively, uncountable Careless treatment of something, or trusting to luck about it. to play pitch and toss with the property of the country

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noun game played by tossing a coin and calling heads or tails

Françaispile ou face
Italianotesta o croce

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@misc{pitch_and_toss_2026,
  title = {pitch and toss},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pitch%20and%20toss},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}