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slam-door

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Applied to an older kind of passenger train with heavy doors, opened from the inside by reaching out of the window to the handle on the outside.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, not-comparable

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

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