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Bang-up, or Slap-bang

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First-rate, thumping, as a “thumping legacy.” It is a slang punning synonym of thumping or striking. Slap-bang is double bang, or doubly striking.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bancus Regius
Bandana or Bandanna
Bandbox
Bandbox Plot (The)
Bande Noire
Bandit
Bands
Bandy
Bane
Bangorian Controversy
Bang-up, or Slap-bang
Banian or Banyan (A)
Banian Dàys [Ban-yan]
Bank
Bank of a River
Bankrupt
Bankside
Banks’s Horse
Bannatyne Club
Banner
Banneret