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damper
noun- a solitary confinement cell; a cell US
- — William K. Bentley and James M. Corbett, Prison Slang, p. 10, 1992
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 43, 1996
- a safe deposit box in a bank US, 1872
- — Clarence Major, Dictionary of Afro-American Slang, p. 44, 1970
- a bank US, 1932
- He was a pretty good fake in his day, but he couldn’t show his mug around any of the dampers in the Apple. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 134, 1973
- a simple, unleavened, savoury bread traditionally cooked in the ashes of a campfire AUSTRALIA, 1825
So named because it “dampens” the appetite. Now also applied to a similar style of bread available at bakershops. - — Harvey E. Ward, Down Under Without Blunder, p. 37, 1967
- — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, p. 40, 1972
- At dawn he boiled a billy, made same damper for breakfast and then deliberately made noises to wake up Morgan. — Bob Ellis and Anne Brooksbank, Mad Dog Morgan, p. 120, 1976
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 27, 1977
- If you’re God’s Son, use your powers to turn this lump of rock into a nice piece of fresh damper. — Kel Richards, The Aussie Bible, p. 22, 2003
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