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slam n
   1 Phr all of a slam: in a hurry; violently (1925 Dial Notes v, 342).
   2 Comb slam bang, ~ gut: heavy pudding, cake or pancake; cp BANGBELLY (1971 NOSEWORTHY 244).
   C 66-3 Slam-gut. A steamed bread pudding containing raisins, molasses and other ingredients. It gets such a name because of its sogginess or heaviness as a result of being steamed in a cloth. P 25-67 Slam bang. A cake which fell in the process of being baked.

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