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1Ramrod (disambiguation) — Ramrod may refer to:*Ramrod, a device used with early firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly gunpowder) *Ram Rod, a nickname for Grateful Dead head roadie and corporate president, Laurence Shurtliff (1947 2006) *Ramrod… …
2Ramrod Key — Ramrod Key (en) Géographie Pays   …
3Ramrod Key — is an island in the lower Florida Keys. Originally named Roberts Island, Ramrod Key was renamed for a ship named Ramrod, which was wrecked on a reef south of there in the early nineteenth century. Up to the time Henry Flagler built U.S. 1 also… …
4ramrod straight — see ↑ramrod • • • Main Entry: ↑straight * * * ˌramrod ˈstraight | (as) straight as a ˈramrod idiom (of a person) with a very straight back and looking serious and formal • Her …
5ramrod — [ram′räd΄] n. 1. a rod used for ramming down the charge in a gun that is loaded through the muzzle ☆ 2. a person in charge, esp. one who is rigid or unyielding vt. ramrodded, ramrodding ☆ to push, direct, or manage in a rigid or unyielding way… …
6Ramrod — Ram rod (r[a^]m r[o^]d ), n. The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle loading firearm. [1913 Webster] …
7ramrod — (n.) 1797, lit. a rod used in ramming, from RAM (Cf. ram) (v.) + ROD (Cf. rod). The verb is 1948, from the noun. Used figuratively for straightness or stiffness from 1939 …
8ramrod — ► NOUN ▪ a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzle loading firearm …
9ramrod — [[t]ræ̱mrɒd[/t]] ramrods 1) N COUNT A ramrod is a long, thin rod which can be used for pushing something into a narrow tube. Ramrods were used, for example, for forcing an explosive substance down the barrel of an old fashioned gun, or for… …
10Ramrod (comics) — Superherobox| caption=Ramrod comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Ramrod real name=Patrick Mahony species=Human Mutant publisher=Marvel Comics debut= X Factor #75 (Feb 1992) creators=Peter David Larry Stroman alliance… …
