| 释义 |
chalk
noun- a white person US, 1945
Not flattering. - If it wasn’t for Uncle Tom ass dudes like me, niggers like you wouldn’t be havin’ a chance to eat all the chalk pussy you want, or nothin’ else, for that matter! — Odie Hawkins, Chicago Hustle, p. 138, 1977
- methamphetamine or amphetamine US
- — J. L. Simmons and Barry Winograd, It’s Happening, p. 173, 1966
- The most common drugs in use in industry, according to the police sergeant, are amphetamine sulfate compounds and barbiturates, known among workers in the plants as “chalk,” “whites,” “bennies,” “reds,” “jackets,” “blue heavens” and “rainbows.” — The San Francisco Chronicle, p. 5, 11 October 1966
- — Edward R. Bloomquist, Marijuana, p. 156, 1968
- He was really in a bad way and begged me for some chalk or anything. — Anonymous, Go Ask Alice, p. 85, 1971
- crack cocaine UK
From the appearance. - — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 281, 2003
- a potent homemade “wine” made from yeast, sugar, water, and rice or fruit US
- — AFSCME Local 3963, The Correctional Officer’s Guide to Prison Slang, 2001
- low-quality beer US
- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 46, 1949
- in sports betting, the contestant or team favoured to win US
- — Bay Sports Review, p. 8, November 1991
- “You would bet against the chalk? Eighteen to one, your long shot.” — John Ridley, Love is a Racket, p. 41, 1998
- chocolate syrup US
- — American Speech, p. 88, April 1946: “The language of West Coast culinary workers”
▶ by a long chalk
by much; by a great degree UK, 1859
In the later C20 the predominant usage becomes “not by a long chalk” with the meaning as “grossly inferior.” |