the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
a game in which this card is trump.
Aerospace. payload assist module.
Telecommunications. pulse-amplitude modulation.
1675–85; short for French pamphile, special use of Pamphile man's name
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“There were three sounds, like ‘pam, pam, pam.’”
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2019
Storm spread swiftly, but more worrisome and fascinating than its speed was the technical muscle behind the scenes, visible to those antis- pam groups and companies that watched the bot world.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 21, 2013
The tenors enter with "Dum pum pum pum ti di diri diri"; then the ladies: "Tara dira dara diri didi di pum pum pam!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The road which led across the high, level prairie was quite smooth and dry, but still it jolted her, and the pam in her back increased.
From Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin
She lay down on the bed a moment to ease that dull pam in her back.
From Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin
“I will hold the grudge for the rest of my life,” she says of former Attorney General Pam Bondi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Pam Blaschum, a TWA flight attendant, had been on a flight that arrived early.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
In August 2025, Pam applied for restorative measures, and is still waiting to hear whether her application has been accepted.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
This is a position Blanche has been serving in for two months, since Pam Bondi left the building.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026
Both were beautiful girls—Diane was fair-skinned, and Pam was darker—each with a kind of self-possessed grace that seemed to come naturally.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Using data from three clinical trials that included 1,119 participants with diabetes, researchers found that people carrying PAM variants generally responded less well to GLP-1 receptor agonists.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Those results showed no differences between people with and without PAM variants, but the available evidence was too limited to draw firm conclusions.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Through its two-year initiative, PAM aims to offer a gathering point for artists, scholars and curators alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Case in point: For the year, PAM is working alongside Lacy for “Cinderella Redux,” a continuation of Lacy’s “Cinderella in a Dragster” performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
PAM was there, too, with slightly raised eyebrows as they fell on the youthful form already installed in a place he had not reached till he was almost twice the age of the newcomer.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 20, 1892 by Various
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