lid proppers

lid proppers

slang Amphetamines or methamphetamines when used as stimulants. Alludes to the image of one's eyelids being propped open. I was just starting to feel tired at the party when someone started passing around lid proppers. The young woman had so many lid proppers in her system that her heart just gave out.
See also: lid
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lid proppers

and lid poppers
n. amphetamine tablets or capsules. (Drugs. Refers to the eyelids.) Kelly has to have a couple of lid proppers each morning.
See also: lid
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • burned out, to be
  • crank
  • bathtub
  • bathtub crank
  • be in the Land of Nod
  • smoke the peace pipe (with someone)
  • What was (one) smoking?
  • drum (something) into one's head, to
  • a back number
  • back number