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ramrod

 noun
     
Related topics: Weapons
ram‧rod [countable]
1

straight/stiff as a ramrod

sitting or standing with your back straight and your body stiff
2PMW a stick for cleaning a gun or pushing gunpowder into an old-fashioned gun
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