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Slammer

noun

A person who closes things violently.

A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence). Synonyms: clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky.

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"Slammer" Quotes from Famous Books

... introduced Mr. Biff Bates, ex-champion middle-weight, to these imported artists, but, very much to his surprise, Signorina Caravaggio and Professor Bates struck up an instant and animated conversation anent Biff's well-known and justly-famous victory over Slammer Young, and so interested did they become in this conversation that instead of Biff's sitting up in the front seat, as Bobby had intended, the eminent instructor of athletics manoeuvered the Herr Professor into that post of honor ...

— The Making of Bobby Burnit - Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man • George Randolph Chester

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Words linked to "Slammer" : closer, lockup, finisher, holding cell, hoosgow, pokey, hoosegow, bastille, workhouse, slam, correctional institution, house of correction