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Slaggy
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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| slag (slæɡ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also basic slag Also called: cinder the fused material formed during the smelting or refining of metals by combining the flux with gangue, impurities in the metal, etc. It usually consists of a mixture of silicates with calcium, phosphorus, sulphur, etc |
| 2. | a mass of rough fragments of pyroclastic rock and cinders derived from a volcanic eruption; scoria |
| 3. | a mixture of shale, clay, coal dust, and other mineral waste produced during coal mining |
| 4. | slang (Brit) a coarse or dissipated girl or woman |
| —vb , slags, slagging, slagged | |
| 5. | slang (Brit) (tr), ( |
| 6. | slang (Austral) (intr) to spit |
| [C16: from Middle Low German slagge, perhaps from slagen to | |
| 'slagging | |
| —n | |
| 'slaggy | |
| —adj | |
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