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slam-dunk |
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slammer
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| slander
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| slanderous
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slammer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun slammer has 2 senses
- slammer(n = noun.person) Array - a person who closes things violently; "she's a dramatic slammer of doors" is a kind of closer, finisher
- slammer(n = noun.artifact) clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence); Array has particulars: bastille, holding cell, hoosegow, hoosgow, house of correction, lockup, workhouse
Derived form verb slam1
is a kind of correctional institution
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