How to Use the slammer in a Sentence
the slammer
noun-
In contrast, a child molester was sentenced to 21 months in the slammer.
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Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Although by this point Garrison had already been plying the slammer trade for several years, Alfortish wasn’t shy about offering him tactical advice.
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Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Just as Garrison had been instructed in the slammer’s art by Jeffrey Derouselle, Garrison had in turn taught Red Harris how to be a slammer.
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Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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In May, 2016, the slammer who had taught Garrison, Jeffrey Derouselle, was shot to death, apparently over an unrelated matter.
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Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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With Dad in the slammer, Trevor’s mom, Karen Cain, juggled homeschooling duties with earning money cleaning house in nearby Grants Pass, doing select-cut logging, and had support from the collectibles community.
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Matt Thompson,
SPIN,
11 May 2026
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