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blank
noun- a packet of non-narcotic white powder sold as narcotics US
- Heroin itself has a bitter taste and if a junkie tastes some stuff before he uses it and it’s real sweet he figures he’s bought a blank and gets upset. — James Mills, The Panic in Needle Park, p. 72, 1966
- — Richard Lingeman, Drugs from A to Z, p. 25, 1969
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 28, 1996
- a worthless person or thing US
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 29, 1950
- in a carnival, a bad day, a bad engagement or a bad customer US
- What a BLANK that bum was. He looked like he had money, but all he had was three lousy bucks. — Gene Sorrows, All About Carnivals, p. 10, 1985
- in poker, a useless card in the dealt hand US
- — Edwin Silberstang, Winning Poker for the Serious Player, p. 217, 1992
- the top of a skateboard US
- — Laura Torbet, The Complete Book of Skateboarding, p. 105, 1976
- a refusal of parole UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 28, 1996
- a tablet of Aspirin US
- — Charles Shafer, Folk Speech in Texas Prisons, p. 198, 1990
▶ give someone the blank
to ignore someone UK- [H]e gives me the blank! — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 45, 1999
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