slammer
Example Sentences
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The next two presidents, Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung escaped the slammer — but both saw sons jailed for corruption.
From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2023
It’s a Grade A tip-one-back, leave-your-troubles-at-the-door jukebox slammer that bowled over the stadium crowd like Marshawn Lynch on an undersized defensive back.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2022
Whatever landed them in the after-school slammer, these teenagers were already trapped by forces far beyond their control.
From New York Times • May 18, 2022
Nothing shows he ever did, but it made for a splashy exit from the slammer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2022
Maybe that’s why he was in the slammer.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
