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"lamming" Definition

  1. a beating.—_Old English_, LAM; used by Beaumont and Fletcher. Not as Sir Walter Scott supposed, from one Dr. Lamb, but from the _Old Norse_, LAM, the hand; also, _Gaelic_.

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Position in the dictionary: 1954 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: lammy, land-lubber, land-shark, lane, lap, lap., lark, larrence, larrup, larruping
Previous words in the dictionary: lame duck, lamb’s wool, lambasting, lagging gage, lagger, lagged, lag, ladies’ mile, ladder, lacing

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