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slug
noun- a drink UK, 1756
- He handed me a man-sized slug of the stuff and set up one for himself. — Mickey Spillane, I, The Jury, p. 22, 1947
- This noon, recalling with distaste the nineteen slugs of bourbon he had polished off yesterday, he had promised himself that he would get through one whole day without a snort. — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 16, 1954
- Dead Jane was there, had a big bottle of Tokay wine hidden in Mardou’s dresser for me and got it out and poured me a big slug[.] — Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, p. 62, 1958
- [A]fter the fourth pint, and the unease manifests itself as a shudder with each swallow. Every slug brings nearer the end of the day. — Mark Powell, Snap, p. 38, 2001
- a dollar US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 247, 1981
- the penis AUSTRALIA, 1945
Figurative application of the slimy invertebrate found in damp places; the pun on conventional “slug” (a bullet) into BULLET - an idler UK, 1425
Either an abbreviation of “sluggard” or a comparison to the slow-moving slimy gastropod or land-snail. - — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 7, Fall 1987
- a seal ANTARCTICA, 1940
A visual similarity. - — Bernadette Hince, The Antarctic Dictionary, p. 319, 2000
- a group of cards that have been arranged and then inserted into a deck US
- — Frank Scoblete, Best Blackjack, p. 272, 1996
- a hospital patient who refuses to participate in therapy or self-help US, 1989
- — Maledicta, p. 34, 1988–1989: “Medical maledicta from San Francisco”
- in drag racing and hot rodding, a piston US, 1958
- — American Speech, p. 305, December 1956: “Hot-Rodders’ jargon again”
- — Good Housekeeping, p. 143, September 1958: “Hot-Rod terms for teen-age girls”
- in the television and film industries, a piece of unusable film that is temporarily used to fill in for footage that will be added US
- — Ralph S. Singleton, Filmmaker’s Dictionary, p. 155, 1990
▶ put the slug on
to hit someone with your fist US- — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 73, 1980
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