<font color="#0000ff">He is one of the new litter of boys tossed up by this brick-and-hoagie town ten miles by trolley from a city of one million.</font><br/><br/>Please tell me what this sentence means. I don't understand the word "<font color="#008000">tossed up</font>" , "<font color="#008000">brick-and-hoagie</font>" <br/>and "<font color="#008000">city of one million</font>" <br/><br/>Thanks a lot.<img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>