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red devil
noun- a capsule of secobarbital sodium (trade name Seconal), a central nervous system depressant US, 1959
- The next step up the scale is Seconal (“reds” or “red devils”), a barbiturate normally used as a sedative. — Hunter S. Thompson, Hell’s Angels, p. 216, 1966
- — Donald Louria, Nightmare Drugs, p. 25, 1966
- [A] barbiturate, called Red Devils, so called because of the color of the capsule and because they are reputed to possess a vicious kick[.] — Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, p. 27, 1968
- Jack, you’re lucky. I just remembered, my sick old man is got some red devils from a script [forged prescription] at his pad. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 268, 1969
- When he got to the car window I bought all the pills he had on him, red devils and secos and a few dexis. — Donald Goines, Whoreson, p. 211, 1972
- He took red devils and thought he was big shit. — James Carr, Bad, p. 136, 1975
- a type of amphetamine tablet UK
- I’ve got some powder [cocaine] turning up tomorrow, but all I’ve got for now are speed pills called Red Devils. — Colin Butts, Is Harry on the Boat?, p. 114, 1997
- heroin UK
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 284, 2003
- a women’s menstrual period US
- & — American Speech, p. 298, December 1954: “The vernacular of menstruation”
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