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deb
noun- a debutante US, 1920
- [A]ll the debs and dowagers let their hair down and danced[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 102, 1956
- You’ll meet her. She’s one of the debs I invited over. — Dan Jenkins, Life Its Ownself, p. 127, 1984
- a girl associated with a youth gang, either directly as a member or through a boyfriend US, 1946
A lovely if ironic borrowing from “debutante”. - The Debs and Sub-Debs are usually from 50 to 500 feet behind the warriors. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, New York Confidential, p. 106, 1948
- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 67, 1949
- Why isn’t she like the rest of the debs in the gang, or any other girl? — Hal Ellson, Tomboy, p. 2, 1950
- Each gang has its following of girls. In some cases, they are organized into ladies’ auxiliaries–usually called “debs.” Sometimes, the debs constitute a fighting gang which engages in combat with other girl gangs. — Harrison E. Salisbury, The Shook-up Generation, p. 31, 1958
- She’s the head guy’s deb. You stick your nose in there any more, the Mau Maus’ll slice it off. — Man’s Magazine, p. 12, February 1960
- Our debs sat on the stoops watching for the fuzz or for any wrong shit from the Jolly Rogers. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 52, 1967
- I want you to take over absolute control of all the debs until Ruby is released. Your main job will be to see that most of the girls lead at least two tricks a night someplace where the boys can roll them without too much trouble. — Donald Goines, Black Gangster, pp. 35–36, 1977
- a depressant, sedative or tranquillizer tablet US, 1975
From a slovenly pronunciation of “deps” (depressants); also recorded in the plural. - — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 138, 1986
- a tablet or capsule of amphetamine UK
A reversal of the chemical effect in the earlier usage; also noted as a plural. - — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 279, 2003
- a tablet of MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy UK
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 289, 2003
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