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Definition of ramrod noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

ramrod

noun

NAmE//ˈræmrɑd//

a long straight piece of iron used in the past to push explosives into a gun

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ramrod straight

(of a person) with a very straight back and looking serious and formal Her back was ramrod straight. He stood there straight as a ramrod.

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