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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1892
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KERSLAP, adv. Appar. = slap-bang, like a shot.e.Lth. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head 277:
No sooner had the last sonorous diapason died away than our attention, “kerslap”, was declined and rivetted to a lower level.
[For Cur-, pref., + slap.]
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