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slammer noun- a door US
- You had to pull up in a diamond-studded limousine, with solid gold fenders and ermine upholstery, before the doorman would even reach for the twister to your slammer. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 84, 1946
- When he fell back through that tavern slammer / Dad, you shouldda dug the squeals and clamour. — Dan Burley, Diggeth Thou?, p. 14, 1959
- I took another sip of coffee and turned around to check her out and saw two of New York’s finest coming in the slammer. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 151, 1973
- a jail or prison US
Also in UK use. - My mother had me in the slammer. — George Mandel, Flee the Angry Strangers, p. 121, 1952
- He spent twenty-three years in the slammer[.] — William “Lord” Buckley, The Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade, 1960
- Some get snuffed, some drop out, some go to the slammer and there’s always new guys who’ve joined. — Hunter S. Thompson, Hell’s Angels, p. 116, 1966
- “You hang around here you’re subject to get put in the slammers,” Blue said. — Steve Cannon, Groove, Bang, and Jive Around, p. 68, 1969
- After flashing his badge of many numbers, he explained he wouldn’t take him to the slammer if his loot was cool enough. — Babs Gonzales, Movin’ On Down De Line, p. 89, 1975
- I’d hate to throw you in the slammer for conspiracy. — The Sweeney, p. 56, 1976
- Or that oatmeal at the Cook County slammer. — The Blues Brothers, 1980
- But when Vic asked me how’s business, well, you don’t lie to man who’s just done four years in the slammer for ya. — Reservoir Dogs, 1992
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 105, 1996
- That meant he was a pusher, and that in turn meant a long spell in the slammer. — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 197, 2002
- solitary confinement US
- — Inez Cardozo-Freeman, The Joint, p. 531, 1984
- a mix of alcoholic spirit (usually a shot of tequila) and carbonated soft drink, violently jarred together and gulped down while fizzing UK
- There are four main ways tequila is served: as a shot, as a slammer, as a cocktail and as a digestif / aperitif[.] — Richard‘ Neill, Booze, p. 116, 2001
- a person who slam dances US
- Then he went and stood at the edge of the slammers. — Francesca Lia Block, Baby Be-Bop, p. 412, 1995
- an illegal linear amplifier for a citizens’ band radio US
- — Elementary Electronics, Dictionary of CB Lingo, p. 108, 1976
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