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Slam door
Meaning
Noun
●
In British English & Rail transportation:
A
hinged
railway
carriage door
which
opened
outwards
, that could be
opened
from the inside only by
opening
the
window
and
turning
the
handle
on the outside
. They
originated
on
carriages
with
compartments
and no
corridors
, and
persisted
on
later
carriage
designs
with
corridors
on
one side
of the
compartments
, being
fitted
on the
non-corridor
side
.
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