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black
noun- hashish US, 1975
An all-purpose abbreviation for strains of dark-coloured cannabis resin, e.g. PAKISTANI BLACK- “Want a smoke?” she asked, flicking the video off. “Smoke what?” “Anything, coke, black, sensi.” — Karline Smith, Moss Side Massive, p. 52, 1994
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 286, 2003
- a black amphetamine capsule UK
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 279, 2003
- night US
- — Time Magazine, p. 92, 20 January 1947
- in American casinos, a $100 chip US
- I’ve never dealt to blacks before. — Lee Solkey, Dummy Up and Deal, p. 107, 1980
- potent, unrefined black opium US
- Injecting “black” was risky; if the addict missed a vein, impurities lodged in the tissues. — Joan W. Moore, Homeboys, p. 83, 1978
▶ in the black
financially solvent US, 1928
From the pre-computer practice of recording credit items in black ink.▶ on the black
engaged in black-market activities UK, 1961
▶ the black
heroin in tar form US- Before seeking the order, police comleted undercover purchaes of “the white,” street slang for rock cocaine, and “the black,” slang for tar heroin, from 24 people. — Sacramento Bee, p. A1, 5 December 2007
▶ the black- blackmail; the information held by a blackmailer UK
Hence, “put the black on” (to blackmail). - — Peter Laurie, Scotland Yard, p. 321, 1970
- I’ll put the black on you. — Ian Dury, Blackmail Man, 1977
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 27, 1996
- the black market UK, 1961
During the war in Vietnam, the term referred specifically to the black market which flourished on Le Loi Street, Saigon. - — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 59, 1990
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