"slam piece" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-slam piece.ogg [Australia] Forms: slam pieces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slam piece (plural slam pieces)
  1. (informal) A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a highly unfavorable manner. Tags: informal Synonyms (highly unfavorable treatment): hatchet job
    Sense id: en-slam_piece-en-noun-l3z1Jxy2 Disambiguation of 'highly unfavorable treatment': 85 15
  2. (slang) A sexual partner to whom one has no particular emotional attachment. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms (casual sexual partner): casual sexual partner
    Sense id: en-slam_piece-en-noun-~A0iqU26 Disambiguation of Sex: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'casual sexual partner': 4 96

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