kick the gong around

kick the gong around

old-fashioned slang To smoke opium or inject heroin. With how glassy her eyes were, I wondered whether she'd been kicking the gong around before she came over to meet me. I think I'll stay home. I hear they're planning to kick the gong around, and I'd rather not be there for that.
See also: around, gong, kick
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kick the gong around

smoke opium. informal
Gong is early 20th-century US slang for a narcotic drug, especially opium.
See also: around, gong, kick
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See also:
  • the glassy
  • big-O
  • on the junk
  • on the mojo
  • hop joint
  • shake the dust of (something or some place) from (one's) feet
  • shake the dust of somewhere from your feet
  • glassy
  • glassy-eyed
  • hit the big time