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Receiving wallop, ignores a slur in prison (7)

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slammer

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(Other definitions for slammer that I've seen before include "Prison (colloq.)" , "one leaping into crowd" , "Stir" , "Pickwickian doctor" , "Prison (slang)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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