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bleed verb- to extort money from someone UK, 1680
- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 25, 1949
- to dilute a drug US
- Buy four, bleed in a ounce of cut, make it five. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 185, 1992
- to be showing lipstick on your face or clothes US
- Sandy sat up and grinned, and said,“You’re bleeding, Peter,” meaning I had lipstick on my face[.] — Evan Hunter, Last Summer, p. 187, 1968
▶ bleed someone dry; bleed someone white to drain a person or other resource of all money or value UK, 1982 The image of draining a life’s blood.▶ bleed the weasel (of a male) to urinate US- “Come in here and play my hand, will ya? I gotta bleed the weasel.” — Chris Miller, The Real Animal House, p. 70, 2006
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