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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SLAG

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What does SLAG mean?

SLAG noun
  1. Waste material from a coal mine
  2. Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
  3. Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders
  4. Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material
  5. Scoria associated with a volcano
  6. A coward
  7. (chiefly Cockney) a contemptible person, a scumbag
  8. A prostitute
  9. A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut
SLAG verb
  1. To produce slag
  2. To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point
  3. To reduce to slag
  4. (sometimes with "off") to talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone)
  5. To spit

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