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ORIGIN UNKNOWN
Domestic ApparatusVol. I Confidence: Moderate
Entry #0616 · Public Archive · TML 782.8 / WRK.V

The Old Spanish Hammer

Top Definition

Def. 01 of 17 · 01 contested
When you haven't got a hammer. But something else will just double up. Whether it's like a wine bottle. Or the heel of a shoe. Definitely a shoe. Generally, a jar with change in is quite good. §
Submitted by: [redacted] Contributor Record Sealed · 15 February 2018

verified Dr. M. Vassiliou · TML/F-204 · clerk R.O.M.

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This definition: 1 · Entry total: 17

Endorsements logged to TML-0616/D01

See also TML-3482 (q.v.) · TML-1833 (q.v.)

File index · TML-0616 · 17 records · select a ref to view
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D01 [redacted] 15 Feb 20181
D02 [redacted] 15 Feb 20181
D03 [redacted] 15 Feb 20181
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D14 [redacted] 15 Feb 20181
D15 [redacted] 22 Feb 20181
D16 [redacted] 22 Feb 20181
D17 [redacted] 22 Feb 20181

Alternate Definitions

D02

That old man in a Spanish village that sells the jamon.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Mr. H. Okafor · TML/F-204 · clerk J.B.

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D03

A hip-thrusting dance move often found in a very quiet club where you're the only one dancing.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Mr. G. Coleridge · TML/F-204b · clerk J.B.

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D04

Just a strong ticuli shot.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Dr. J. Marston · TML/F-204b · clerk D.E.H.

0
D05

Any hugely over-engineered solution to a problem without any regard to cost or how to pay for it.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Mr. H. Okafor · TML/F-217 · clerk P.W.

0
D06

Any overly theatrical dive made by a Real Madrid player he's gone down looks like I've been hit with the arm Spanish hammer.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Mr. G. Coleridge · TML/F-204b · clerk H.M.

0
D07

When you remove your flip-flop to smash that annoying little mosquito against the wall.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Mr. G. Coleridge · TML/F-204b · clerk J.B.

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D08

When your wife removes a flip-flop and continues to beat you with it as she catches you leering at the local talent on the beach.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Dr. M. Vassiliou · TML/F-204b · clerk A.D.

0
D09

The free shot of indeterminate taste, brand and strength that you receive with your first drink on holiday.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Mr. H. Okafor · TML/F-201 · clerk J.B.

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D10

The antidote to Spanish fly. Wow, that's memories. You're a real 70s love cat. It brings you back down to status non-eroticum with a heavy thud.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Mr. G. Coleridge · TML/F-204b · clerk P.W.

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D11

When you're on holiday in Mallorca and you come home a bit drunk to find a cockroach in your room and you chase it round, slightly drunk, trying to hit it with your holiday sandals. *

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Mr. G. Coleridge · TML/F-204 · clerk A.D.

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D12

The Englishman abroad who doesn't speak the local dialect, so he's acting everything out with his hands while speaking English very, very slowly.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Mrs. E. Tindall · TML/F-217 · clerk C.P.

0
D13

When you stub out your snout. Flamenco style.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Mr. H. Okafor · TML/F-204b · clerk M.L.

0
D14

The last drink you have at the end of a session that puts you over the edge. And I love it when people contextualise their Spanish hammer. In this case, number ends 801 goes, no one expects the Spanish hammer.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 15 February 2018

verified Mr. H. Okafor · TML/F-204 · clerk N.R.

0
D15

When you step out of the air-conditioned plane into the 40-degree Alicante sunshine. Whack!

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 February 2018

verified Mr. G. Coleridge · TML/F-204 · clerk N.R.

0
D16

The MC hammer-like dance done by a tourist who steps off a sun lounger onto a superheated sand.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 February 2018

verified Mr. H. Okafor · TML/F-201 · clerk M.L.

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D17

When you stub out your snout with a flamenco-style stamp.

Submitted by: [redacted] · 22 February 2018

verified Dr. J. Marston · TML/F-217 · clerk R.O.M.

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  1. Original submission redacted; reconstructed from index.
  2. Region note pending confirmation from contributor.
  3. Original submission redacted; reconstructed from index.
  4. Earlier instance reported but never filed.
  5. Earlier instance reported but never filed.