(football, rugby, basketball, handball) A set-piece where the ball is thrown back into play.
1999, Mona the Vampire, "The Nefarious Computer Virus" (season 1, episode 2b):
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(Australian rules football) A throw of the ball back into play by the boundary umpire. The umpire faces away from the players and throws it in over his or her shoulder (so as to clearly not favour either side by where exactly it's thrown).
: Salesman: Uh, hey, how about a Skinny Scan 27,000 with a Computer Virus Eradicator as a throw-in?
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(Ireland) the start time of a Gaelic football match, comparable to kick off in other games.
1999, Mona the Vampire, "The Nefarious Computer Virus" (season 1, episode 2b):
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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