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slammer

[slam-er] / ˈslæm ər /


NOUN
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This includes a second facility in Florida dubbed "Deportation Depot", and another in Indiana that homeland security officials have named the "Speedway Slammer".

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

But “The Arm,” as she was known, just isn’t the all-time greatest Grand Slammer.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2021

The Slammer shot a 67 while playing in a group with Jimmy Demaret and Lee Trevino.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 11, 2019

Not scripted, one of “Mary’s” comic grace notes occurs between Shaye and her canine costar, Slammer, who portrays Puffy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2018

In the Slammer, they become paranoid, convinced that the Army bureaucracy has forgotten about them, has left them to rot.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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