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noun

Slang n. Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. (Local, Eng.)

Slang n. A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. (Eng.)

Slang n. Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.

verb

Slang v. t. (past & past part. slanged; pres. part. slanging) To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language. (Colloq.) "Every gentleman abused by a cabman or slanged by a bargee was bound there and then to take off his coat and challenge him to fisticuffs."

Sling v. t. (past slung, archaic slang; past part. slung; pres. part. slinging)

To throw with a sling. "Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss."

To throw; to hurl; to cast.

To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.

(Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.

Slang v. Imp. of Sling. Slung. (Archaic)

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"Slang" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Slang!" said Massachusetts, looking up again. "One cent for the missionary fund. You will clothe the heathen at this rate, Maine. That is ...

— The Green Satin Gown • Laura E. Richards

... that," said Bailey. "And you'll come near beating, too. We shall have to work harder than ever, but I'll beat Jack Allingham—or bust! Excuse the slang, Gertie, but I've ...

— A Woman for Mayor - A Novel of To-day • Helen M. Winslow

... truth from anybody, and from anywhere, and in any form. He listened for it from Emma Goldman, the pope, or a sophomore; preached from a pulpit, a throne, or a soap-box; in the language of science, in slang, in fine rhetoric, or in the talk of ...

— Stories from Everybody's Magazine • 1910 issues of Everybody's Magazine

... two together. (They must have been twins.) "This is that way. To put all twenty yoke of us to the big gun as soon as Two Tails trumpets." ("Two Tails" is camp slang for the elephant.) ...

— The Jungle Book • Rudyard Kipling

... "You've recently," she observed, "got into a new way. Whatever slang you happen to hear outside you come and tell me. And whenever you read any improper book, you poke your fun at me. What! have I become a laughing-stock ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin

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