How to use "slang" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "slang" in popular movie and book plots

  • But his life story is so peppered with slang that neither st Peter nor Noah Webster can understand him.  - Symphony in Slang
  • In the slang of the time, a “gallows thief,” (also a “crap prig”) is a person who prevents the hanging of an innocent person.  - Gallows Thief
  • Tony teaches Snug the commands "scudda hoo" and "scudda hay," which mean "gee" and "haw," country slang for "left" and "right".  - Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
  • The prostitutes start feeling up Wilhelmina's fur and she tries to talk slang to them but fails abysmally.  - Lose the Boss
  • When a drug dealer calls to arrange a meeting with Cheese about a bet, Massey is the most skilled at interpreting the slang used.  - Time After Time (The Wire)
  • The word becomes slang for a boy that seems good, but is ultimately cheap.  - Fool's Gold (comics)
  • McNulty grew up in the Scottish mutant ghetto called Shytehill (a reference to Sighthill - the Scottish slang term for shit is 'shite').  - Middenface McNulty
  • neighborhood of Dodge City, slang for a real SoutheastC.  - Slam (film)
  • As with most of Ellroy's fiction, he liberally employs the brutal slang of the times.  - The Big Nowhere
  • Aahz explains that demon is slang for Dimension Traveler.  - Another Fine Myth
  • (The new acronym for the company is also a slang abbreviation of "fuck you"; the old F+B stood for "Fish + Bine".  - Mother, Jugs & Speed
  • Working as a labourer Nino becomes mates with his co-workers, despite some difficulties with Australian slang and culture of the 1960s.  - They're a Weird Mob (film)
  • Bouffer is French slang for "eating" (the Italian abbuffata means "great eating").  - La Grande Bouffe
  • They overhear conversations about personal matters (including the birth of a cow) as well as unknown slang terms.  - Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
  • Once there, he decides that he is an imperfect copy of Albert, or a "frankie" (a fictional slang word derived from Frankenstein's monster).  - Kiln People
  • In the story, the protagonist loses £1000, or a "grand" in slang terms, and strives to recoup the money.  - A Grand Don't Come for Free

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