slam-door
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
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.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "At the time of the termination of the franchise, CSE was also part-way through a programme of introducing new trains to replace 622 of its oldest trains including its 558 slam-door vehicles."
- "And as for slam-door trains, you can bet there will be some teenagers growing up soon who just stand there with the door closed and have no idea why the train has moved off without letting them out..."
- "First Great Western trains are often characterized by this curious air of panic. It's a combination of the company's attempts to repair its dreadful reputation for punctuality, and the 1970s slam-door carriages."
- "For long-suffering suburban passengers, 1970 represented a milestone as the beginning of the demise of the slam-door multiple unit."
Usage
- British usage