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Charlie; charlie
noun- cocaine US, 1935
The phonetic alphabet has “Charlie” for “C” in use from around the same time that “charlie” for “cocaine” first appears. Also spelt “charley.” - More specifically, it was classified as M, C, and H–Mary, Charlie, and Harry–which stood for morphine, cocaine, and heroin. — William J. Spillard and Pence James, Needle in a Haystack, p. 147–148, 1945
- “When you shoot Henry [heroin] and Charley, you can smell it going in. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 84, 1953
- We all know what a lummox Frankie Lymon was to mess with hard drugs like henry and charlie, after all, they took his life. — Richard Meltzer, A Whore Just Like the Rest, p. 65, 1970
- Certainly no Charlie snorting here. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 107, 1999
- Sixty quid for a gramme of Charlie was a fucking lot of money[.] — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 182, 2000
- Next time you’re introduced to Charlie, by all means enjoy his company. — Nick Constable, This is Cocaine, p. 180, 2002
- crack cocaine UK
- But the drug of choice now was crack cocaine. Coke. Rock. White. Stones. Charlie. — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says..., p. 129, 2000
- a member of the Viet Cong US, 1965
- So you have to look for it, you have to check every damn hootch, even if its been burned to the ground. Cause maybe Charlie is down in a hole — John Sayles, Union Dues, p. 255, 1977
- “Charlie was always a gook? But a gook wasn’t always Charlie?” Farley smiled for the first time. “You never knew when a gook was Charlie.” — Nelson DeMille, Word of Honor, p. 414, 1985
- He wore a string of ears right across his chest/ Just to show Charlie he was always the best. — Sandee Shaffer Johnson, Cadences, p. 139, 1986
- Wanna kill those Chinese Charlies! — William T. Vollman, Whores for Gloria, p. 124, 1991
- the Viet Cong US
- Charlie hit a village. He’s gone, but we gotta secure the joint. — William Wilson, The LBJ Brigade, p. 20, 1966
- We love to dine by candlelight / Since Charlie blew the power plant. — Ken Melvin, Sorry ’Bout That, p. 50, 1966
- There was a hell of a lot of Charlies (Communists) in here yesterday. — San Francisco Chronicle, p. 19, 3 February 1966
- But once you’ve hit a village where Charlie’s gotten no cooperation you sort of get a different view of things. — Ronald J. Glasser, 365 Days, p. 13, 1971
- Charlie don’t surf. — Apocolypse Now, 1979
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 39, 1991
- a fool UK
Often as “a right charlie” or “a proper charlie.” Possibly areduction of CHARLIE HUNTCUNT - I mean he thinks Bertrand Russell’s a bit of a Charlie, you can’t blame him for not reckoning you. — Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, Hancock’s Half Hour, 25 June 1959
- a white man, or white men in general US, 1928
- I am perplexed and hard pressed in finding a solution or reason that will adequately explain why we are so eager to follow Charlie. — George Jackson, Soledad Brother, July 1965
- “You know Charlie and Miss Ann ain’t going to sit still for that–their kids in the same classroom with black kids.” — John Williams, The Man Who Cried I Am, p. 235, 1967
- So you going back to Charlie country. — Cecil Brown, The Life & Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger, p. 206, 1969
- Sapphire is the world’s foremost authority on Charlie. She has borne his children, been his servant, his mistress, his confidante, and the recipient of perversion for hundreds of years. — Carolyn Greene, 70 Soul Secrets of Sapphire, p. 32, 1973
- a woman AUSTRALIA, 1942 Short for CHARLIE WHEELER
- In some cosy Alpine spot There you’re sure to find us, Propelling Charlies to the cot With a queue of blokes behind us. — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 80, 1964
- A young female [is] also called a “sort,” a “skirt,” a “dame,” a “doll,” a “charlie,” a “fabulous drop” a “slashin line,” a “bit o’ homework,” and many other things — John O’Grady, Aussie English, p. 79, 1965
- — John O’Grady, Aussie Etiket, p. 65, 1971
- a female prostitute AUSTRALIA, 1950
- the bleed period of the menstrual cycle AUSTRALIA
- — The Museum of Menstruation and Women’s Health, May 2002
- a glass or bottle of Carlsberg lager UK, 1974
Used by the British Army in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s. Noted by Beale, 1974. - a dollar US, 1924
- Hey, man, you got a couple charlies you can lend me? — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 106, 1967
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 48, 1971
- in poker, the third player to the left of the dealer US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 16, 1988
▷ see:CHARLIEHUNT
▶ go to see Uncle Charlie
to use cocaine, especially to go to a lavatory for discreet ingestion of the drug UK- She was obviously tipsy and had been to see her uncle Charlie during the evening[.] — Garry Bushell, The Face, p. 235, 2001
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