Severely criticise the chap round the corner (4)

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slam

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(Other definitions for slam that I've seen before include "A grand one is 13 tricks" , "Severely criticise; shut (a door) forcefully" , "Shut loudly and forcibly" , "Criticise - attack" , "(Almost) all the tricks" .)

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