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needle
noun- a feeling of resentment or irritation UK, 1873
Originally tailors’ slang. - He had the needle to me after that and used to ring my library books[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 192, 1956
- This twirl had the needle to one geezer in particular — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 75, 1958
- Why all the bloody needle? — Mike Hodges, Get Carter, p. 49, 1971
- a vehicle’s speedometer US
- — Complete CB Slang Dictionary, p. 9, 1976
▶ do the needle
to inject drugs, especially heroin UK- “You shoot up?” I ask. “Yeah, but I ain’t done the needle in a long time.” — Neil S. Skolnik, On the Ledge, p. 110, 1996
▶ get the needle (at, with or to)
to become angry or ill-tempered (towards a stated someone or something) UK, 1874- [H]e’d get dead [very] pissed–and at about the same time get the needle to poor old Mrs Marengo[.] — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 33, 1962
▶ on the needle
using or addicted to drugs injected intravenously US, 1942- “The dealer’’s on the needle,” was the whisper, and overnight he was an outcast of outcasts[.] — Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm, p. 279, 1949
- — Ralph de Sola, Crime Dictionary, p. 107, 1982
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 82, 1996
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