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penguin noun- LSD UK
Presumably from the picture printed on the blotting paper dose. - Street names [...] paper mushrooms, penguins, rainbows[.] — James Kay and Julian Cohen, The Parents’ Complete Guide to Young People and Drugs, p. 141, 1998
- a prison officer UK
From the black and white uniform. - — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 87, 1996
- a nun US
- You can’t lie to a nun. We gotta go in and visit the penguin. — The Blues Brothers, 1980
- Girls get raped everyday, and now they’re gonna pay 50 G just because these chicks wore penguin suits! — The Bad Lieutenant, 1992
▶ go penguin in pool, to enter a formal tournament US A reference to the tuxedo that is mandated by the dress code of some tournaments.- — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 14, 1990
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