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cannonball
noun- an express train US, 1894
- They range from Independence Hall and the Alamo to Indian pueblos, Alaskan totem poles, livery stables, breweries, old time kilns and a section of railroad track where Casey Jones rammed his “cannonball” into a freight train. — Washington Post, p. E21, 4 August 1979
- — J.E. Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, p. 357, 1994
- “There are two cannonball high-speed trains leaving Des Moines for Manchester, and we already have a hint (in preliminary polling) that Kerry and Edwards will benefit,” said pollster John Zogby. — Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal, p. A1, 20 January 2004
- a dive in which the diver grips and tucks their knees against their chest to maximise the splash US, 1949
- But a cannonball is neither aeshtetic nor much fun to watch. — Barnaby Conrad, Fun While It Lasted, p. 46, 1969
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