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quarter
noun- a quarter of an ounce of drugs, especially cocaine US
- — Current Slang, p. 39, Fall 1968
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 94, 1996
- a quarter of a kilo of drugs UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 94, 1996
- twenty-five dollars’ worth of drugs US, 2001
- Also called a “quarter bag”.
- a prison sentence of 25 years US
- Say, “I’m gonna see if you can’t shake this quarter off your goddamn ass.” — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 87, 1964
- The usual sentence for that [armed robbery] is ten to a quarter. — Bruce Jackson, In the Life, p. 30, 1972
- “You can also pull ten to a quarter in Jackson,” Stick said. — Elmore Leonard, Swag, p. 16, 1976
- — William K. Bentley and James M. Corbett, Prison Slang, p. 23, 1992
- a jail sentence of three months UK
Also referred to as “quarter bit” and “quarter stretch”. - — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- — Ralph de Sola, Crime Dictionary, p. 123, 1982
- in American casinos, a $25 chip US
- — Lee Solkey, Dummy up and Deal, p. 118, 1980
- — Steve Kuriscak, Casino Talk: A Rap Sheet for Dealers and Players, p. 11, 1985
- twenty-five pounds of weights used in lifting US
- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, p. 37, 1989
- a cigarette US
- A square is a cigarette. And also a quarter. — Willard Motley, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, p. 148, 1958
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