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
Instead of challenging for a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam title in Melbourne, Serbia's biggest sporting star found himself in the slammer, after immigration officials found fault with his paperwork.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2022
It’s a pretty small town and news gets around fast, so by now it was no secret that our father was in the slammer for sinking Dusty Muleman’s casino boat.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
