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slap-dab
slap-dab, adv. N. Amer. dial. and colloq. [f. slap adv. + dab adv.] = slap-bang adv. (see also quot. 1896). Cf. smack-dab adv.1886 Turf, Field & Farm XLII. 174/3 He was goin' that fas' he run slap-dab agin me afo' he seed me. 1896 Dialect Notes I. 399 Slap-dab.., violently or awkwardly. ‘He rushed i... Oxford English Dictionary
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smack-dab
smack-dab, adv. U.S. dial. and colloq. Also smack dab. [f. smack v.2 7 + dab adv.] Exactly, precisely; with a smack. Cf. slap-dab adv.1892 Dialect Notes I. 232 He hit him smack dab in the mouth. 1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi 75 Smack-dab, a term used by all classes, b... Oxford English Dictionary
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