Slam (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Slam

A trick; also a game at whist lost without scoring one. To slam to a door; to shut it with violence.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Slag * Slamkin

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