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dirt nap noun death US, 1981- Despite yourself, you glance through the folder, a compendium of bad news with references to the big sleep, the deep six, the dirt nap. — New York Times, p. 32, 18 January 1987
- “I’m bringing some pain, baby,” Tyson said. “If he [opponent Orlin Norris] makes even one mistake, he’ll be taking a dirt nap.” — Las Vegas Sun, 22 October 1990
- “Then the firin pin hit a empty spot an you end up with jack.” “Or a dirt nap,” growled Gordon. — Jess Mowry, Way Past Cool, p. 7, 1992
- Foremost on their “to do” list, I imagine, is finding a way to delay for as long as possible their date with the state-sponsored dirt nap. — News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), p. B1, 18 May 1998
- The Mike Tyson sideshow (“Step right up and take a dirt nap”) hit Las Vegas this week[.] — Toronto Star, 18 September 1999
- Now he was struck by another gruesome possibility; maybe, instead of a dirt nap, he was about to go swimming with a forty-pound anchor. — Stephen J. Cannell, The Tin Collectors, p. 244, 2001
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