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dabble verb- to use addictive drugs without succumbing to the addiction US
- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 64, 1949
- How long have you been dabblin’ in stuff? — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 322, 1965
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 64, 1971
- to experiment with homosexuality UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 43, 1996
- Also, I’ve dabbled. I mean, perform fellatio once and you’re a poet, twice and you’re a homosexual. — Austin Powers, 1999
- to operate an (occasional) trade in stolen or illegal goods, especially antiques or drugs UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 43, 1996
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