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slammingThe unauthorized switching of your long distance telephone provider. Unethical marketing organizations contact the local telephone company and claim that certain customers have authorized them to handle their long distance. The company may have obtained your name from a list or spoken to you over the phone with a clever hustle whereby you said yes once to another question. See cramming. slamming [′slam·iŋ] (naval architecture) The impact of the bottom of a ship's bow hitting the water during a severe downward pitch. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And seeing that the prisoner was not only quiet, but entirely prostrate and senseless, he rushed from the cell, violently slamming the door, and noisily drawing the bolts. That isn't it," slamming his hat down vehemently upon his head. The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief. |
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