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write verb- to write a prescription for a narcotic which will not be used for medicinal purposes US
- There are several varieties of writer croakers. Some will write only if they are convinced you are an addict, others only if they are convinced you are not. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 33, 1953
- I had some doubts as to my ability to convince the doctors to write. — Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything, p. 54, 1990
- to create graffiti art US
- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 143, 1997
▶ write numbers to take bets on an illegal policy game (numbers lottery) US- Then there was boostin’ in department stores–and there was dice, cards, writin’ numbers (single action) for Jake Cooperman[.] — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 14, 1975
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