slam-bang
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Other items which Sir William traces far include: absquatulate, anxious seat, slam bang, cinch, lengthy, maverick, rain check, barn stormer, cowcatcher, calamity howler, greased lightning, rambunctious.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Well," said Abe cautiously, "I don't reckon he's right slam bang at home, but I lay he ain't fur off."
From Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Harris, Joel Chandler
V. rap, snap, tap, knock, ping; click; clash; crack, crackle; crash; pop; slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham; brustle†; burst on the ear; crepitate, rump. blow up, blow; detonate.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
A flying object came slam bang against the lookout window not two inches from Fogg’s nose.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
"If ye do it will be good-by, 'Liza Jane, an' all of us goin' slam bang to Davy Jones' locker!"
From The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands by Stratemeyer, Edward
