the slammer

noun

informal
: a prison or jail
He got 10 years in the slammer.

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Then, the slammer's passenger would claim to have been operating the vehicle leading up to the car wreck. Christina Coulter, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025 There's something undeniably sweet about this perennial classic, despite that, if it were made today, he'd be handcuffed and thrown in the slammer. Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024

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“The slammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20slammer. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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