10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLAP-BANG»
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demanded Slap- bang. " Oh ! close by. The Rue des Abbesses ! " " Come ! " said
the other ; " the little fellow wants to see Slap-bang — well, he shall see him."
CHAPTER III. When the door opened before the clown, Jacques cried out joyfully,
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
3 [1980s] physical violence. slap-bang n.1 [mid-19C] a form of alcoholic drink, [
used by Benjamin Disraeli in Sybil (1863) as 'the Mowbray slap-bang', but
otherwise unspecified. Presumably it was tossed off in a single gulp, guaranteed
to 'hit ...
demanded Slap- bang. "Oh! close by. The Rue des Abbesses ! " " Come ! " said
the other ; " the little fellow wants to see Slap-bang — well, he sffall see him.''
CHAPTER III. When the door opened before the clown, Jacques cried out joyfully,
...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
until C.19, at least—coll, while its abbr., slap-bang, is c. In 1785, Grose, who
gives a secondary sense that is indubitably coll or even s., defines it thus: 'Slap-
bang shop, a petty cook's shop where there is no credit given, but what is had
must be ...
Eric Partridge, Jacqueline Simpson, 1973
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Harrap's essential English Dictionary
Slap-bang /slap'ban/ adverb (informal) 1 If something is or lands slap-bang in the
middle of something, it is or lands right in the middle of it: We found ourselves
slap-bang in the middle of a civil war. 2 Slap-bang also means directly and with ...
If, sir, this great — (bang) — this great country is to be — (whack) — is to be
dependent on foreigners — (slap, bang, and Oh 1 oh 1 This being the seventy-
ninth repetition of the words " dependent on foreigners " in the course of the
session, ...
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Dictionary of phrase and fable. [A dictionary of English ...
Slap-bang, in sport, means that the gun was discharged incessantly ; it wont slap
here and bang there. As a term of laudation it means " very dashing," both words
being playful synonyms of " dashing," the repetition being employed to give ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, William Davenport Adams, 1885
The full name of the song was, "Jolly dogs; we're all jolly dogs; such jolly dogs
are we ; or, slap bang, here we are again !" and in February, 1SG5, the defendant
published a polka called "The Slap bang, here we are again Polka ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Rea
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, i.v. Slap-bang shop. A petty cook's shop, where there
is no credit given, hut what is had must he paid for, down with the ready slap-
bang, i.e. immediately. This is a common appellation for a night cellar frequented
hy ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1903
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No Props: Great Games with No Equipment
For example, this is what a sequence could look like for me "slap-safe-slap-
ready-slap-bang...," while my partner moves to the same beat with "slap- ready-
slap-safe-slap-ready. . . " which means I earn a brownie point for scoring a "Bang"
at ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLAP-BANG»
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slap-bang is used in the context of the following news items.
England v Sri Lanka: Batting giants Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela …
So we have one more day to enjoy one more giant, and his silky cuts and coverdrives. In an age of slap-bang hitting, we have been privileged to have witnessed ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
Pop-up local cinemas trying to take on the big guys
That's what's happening in Moston, Manchester, where a new, permanent, 70-seater cinema has sprung up slap-bang in the middle of a former no-go housing ... «Metro, Oct 12»
Oregon Farmers Gamble On Which Crops To Plant
And slap-bang in the middle of town is the Shedd Cafe — it's where local farmers come to gossip, discuss the weather and nowadays — talk about what to put in ... «OPB News, Apr 10»
