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- verb Present participle of
lam .
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Examples
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Scanio peeled rubber as if he were lamming from a bank heist and cranked up a Frankie Valli cassette.
Paper House Walter Bjorkman 2011
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Scanio peeled rubber as if he were lamming from a bank heist and cranked up a Frankie Valli cassette.
Paper House Walter Bjorkman 2011
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The suggested connection is that to avoid a feared lamming related to slamming, one lams.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Mark Twain used it twice: “lamming the lady” in 1855 and “lam like all creation” in 1865, both clearly meaning “to beat.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Mark Twain used it twice: “lamming the lady” in 1855 and “lam like all creation” in 1865, both clearly meaning “to beat.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Mark Twain used it twice: “lamming the lady” in 1855 and “lam like all creation” in 1865, both clearly meaning “to beat.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The suggested connection is that to avoid a feared lamming related to slamming, one lams.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Lighter speculates that it may be rooted in the dialect Scandinavian verb lam, as in the 1525 “his wife sore lamming him,” meaning “to beat, pound or strike.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Lighter speculates that it may be rooted in the dialect Scandinavian verb lam, as in the 1525 “his wife sore lamming him,” meaning “to beat, pound or strike.”
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The suggested connection is that to avoid a feared lamming related to slamming, one lams.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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