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noun (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
noun a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches
originEtymology tree English slug Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English slugger From slug + -er.
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