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line
noun- a dose of powdered cocaine arranged in a line for snorting US, 1973
- “Have a line,” said the doctor. “Things go better with coke.” — Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, p. 300, 1978
- With a razor he cuts the pile into four big lines and then he hands me a rolled up twenty and I lean down and do a line. — Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero, p. 32, 1985
- Roy’s taken a small sample out of the main stash and he chops two fat lines out on to the mirror. — J.J. Connolly, Know Your Enemy [britpulp], p. p. 141, 1999
- — Nick Constable, This is Cocaine, p. 182, 2002
- a vein, especially in the context of injecting drugs US, 1938
- I bit down on my bottom lip waiting for the stabbing plunge of the needle. He said, “Damn! You got some beautiful lines.” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 131, 1969
- political philosophy US
An important term of the New Left in the US, often modified by “correct”, a precursor of political correctness. - The Strike Education Committee people were edged out of the Liberation School organization. It became more and more narrow and elitist. A teacher was told he couldn’t teach courses because he didn’t have the right line. — James Simon Kunen, The Strawberry Statement, pp. 123–124, 1968
- an assembly line in a factory US
- “De-troit,” Buddy said. “I spent three years on the line up there at Chrysler Jefferson till I went crazy and had to quit.” — Elmore Leonard, Out of Sight, p. 62, 1996
- collectively, the prostitutes in a brothel who are available for sex at a given moment US, 1987
- — Maledicta, p. 150, Summer/Winter 1986–1987: “Sexual slang: prostitutes, pedophiles, flagellators, transvestites, and necrophiles”
- an attractive female AUSTRALIA, 1941
- In addition to being “fabulous drops” these were also “slashing lines”. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 46, 1957
- a special verbal approach, especially as an introduction to seduction UK, 1903
A chat-up line. - in the business of dealing with stolen goods, twice the actual price US
- Folks, my ticker almost stopped when Buster cracked on you for the line on the stuff. Line means the actual price doubled. It’s inside code that jewelers, pawnbrokers and fences use. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 229, 1969
- the area housing a prison’s general population US
- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, p. 35, 1989
- Why don’t they blood test her, yank her off the line? — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 256, 1990
- in sports betting, the points or odds established by a bookmaker that govern the bet US
- Even when they’re being real generous with the line, I think I can beat the spread, I lay off. — John Sayles, Union Dues, p. 25, 1977
- — Avery Cardoza, The Basics of Sports Betting, p. 44, 1991
- money US
- — David Claerbaut, Black Jargon in White America, p. 71, 1972
▶ do a line- to inhale a measured dose of a powdered drug, especially cocaine US, 1979
- — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 451, 1986
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 291, 2003
- to make an amorous approach; to date AUSTRALIA, 1934
- Now there is a man I could do a line with any time. — Kylie Tennant, The Honey Flow, p. 107, 1956
- Pat’s with a gross new girl again. Must be doing a line with her. — Noel Hilliard, The Power of Joy, p. 266, 1965
- A certain machine-gunner from “C” company 7RAR was doing a line on a young French/Vietnamese bar girl in the Jade massage parlour in Vung Tau. — Martin Cameron, A Look at the Bright Side, 1988
▶ do lines
to use cocaine US- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 3, Fall 2001
- Now it was, it’s Wednesday night, let’s do lines. — Michelle Tea, Rent Girl, p. 173, 2004
▶ down the line
a psychiatric hospital NEW ZEALAND- It was a place nobody mentioned much and was called “down the line”. — Dell Adsett, The Magpie Sings, p. 64, 1963
▶ get lines
in bodybuilding, to achieve definition, or well-developed and sculpted muscles US- — American Speech, p. 199, Fall 1984: “The language of bodybuilding”
▶ on the line- at risk, 1940
- Our stripes [used symbolically of rank] will be on the line for this. — Dixon of Dock Green, 12 March 1968
- Careers on the line as hearings get under way. — The Guardian, 11 August 2003
- at stake, in jeopardy UK
- [H]e knows it’s his arse on the line — Lenre Fehintola, Charlie Says...., p. 99, 2000
- in combat, especially aerial combat US
- When they were done with their first period “on the line” (in combat) and were heading back to the Philippines for a week’s break, the deck housing the pilots would be locked off from the rest of the ship[.] — Robert K. Wilcox, Scream of Eagles, p. 37, 1990
▶ the line
a combat line position US, 2002- [I]nsanity started to take over if you stayed on what we called “the line” too long. — Joseph W. Callaway, Mekong First Light, p. 133, 2004
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