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bee noun- a drug addiction US
Also known as “a bee that stings”. - A bee is what he calls his habit; it’s always stinging him to get a fix. — Clarence Cooper Jr, The Scene, p. 54, 1960
- — David Maurer and Victor Vogel, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drinks, p. 387, 1973
- a barbiturate or other central nervous system depressant, especially Nembutal US
A Nembutal capsule is commonly known as a YELLOW JACKET - I have a fine connection here, baby, and we’ll get tanked on bees and pods and then I’ll really show you a sex-scene. — John Rechy, City of Night, p. 184, 1963
- in a deck of playing cards, a joker, especially when the deck is made by the playing card manufacturer Bee US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 8, 1988
▶ get a bee up your arse; have a bee up your arse to be in a restless or anxious condition; to be obsessed by a notion UK, 1990s A variation on “a bee in the bonnet”.- And in the 70s everyone got a bee up their arse over punk rock. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 38, 2000
▶ put the bee on to swindle someone US- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 186, 1949
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