slammer

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Recent Examples of slammer That was the door-slammer. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2021 Tell that to Laran Kaplan, who tagged a 198-inch Hawkeye State slammer this month doing almost none of that. Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023 The charges are much steeper this time though, and John must call in a favor to ensure Summer doesn't spend most of her life in the slammer. Matt Cabral, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022 Beckhart German American Cuisine Goetta bier cheese slammer: $7. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for slammer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slammer
Noun
  • Following Shelia's arrest, she was held in jail without bail, per MetroNews.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 6 July 2025
  • On June 23, 2012, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, convicted Chávez of the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol and sentenced him to 13 days in jail and 36 months’ probation.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • If convicted, the charges carry sentences that could send her to prison for years.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2025
  • An ex-con who went to prison for shooting a teenager to death during a birthday party went on to go into business as a gun trafficker in Queens after his release on parole, federal prosecutors say.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Weger was taken to the Illinois state penitentiary in Joliet to begin his life sentence.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
  • On top of her one-year sentence on obscenity charges, Adams was sentenced to six months at a women’s penitentiary—a pair of punishments that allowed authorities to start considering whether to ship her back to Poland upon her release from prison.
    Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025

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“Slammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slammer. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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