| Definitions | | throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick |
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Etymology: Possibly based on a technique of building wattle and daub walls by throwing daub (mud mixed with straw) at the wattle, throwing hard enough that some obtained a good key and remained in place, (cf. slapdashNoun, slapdash, a pebbledash effect produced by throwing pebbles at a rendered wall. Sense 2 is probably influenced by throw dirt enough, and some will stick.
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