big jab

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big jab definition

n.
a lethal injection used to carry out a death sentence. (Journalistic.) : Nearly 59 prisoners got the big jab in Texas this year.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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