The threat'll do it; but the stakes are heavy -and the man's a slugger; we must be able to push it home.
"The Fourth Series Plays, Complete"
John Galsworthy
You're a shameless, black-hearted traitor; but I got to hand it to you as a slugger.
"The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On"
Eugene Manlove Rhodes
The next batter sacrificed, and Ellis, a right-handed slugger, came to bat.
"Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant"
Hugh S. Fullerton