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"slam" Definition

  1. a term at the game of whist. When two partners gain the whole thirteen tricks, they win a SLAM, which is considered equal to a rubber.
  2. to talk fluently. “He’s the bloke to SLAM.” From a term in use among birdsingers at the East-end, by which they denote a certain style of note in chaffinches.

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Position in the dictionary: 3198 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: slammock, slang, slang-whanger, slangy, slantingdicular, slap, slap-bang, slap-bang-shops, slap-dash, slap-up
Previous words in the dictionary: slack, slab, sky-wannocking, sky-scraper, sky-parlour, sky-lark., sky-blue, sky, skunk, skull-thatcher

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