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speed
noun- an amphetamine, especially Dexedrine, which is a central nervous system stimulant US
- — J.L. Simmons and Barry Winograd, It’s Happening, p. 173, 1966: “glossary”
- The profits were might good on the pills and besides with the speed (amphetamine) family the users often got addicted, making more permanent customers. — Abbie Hoffman, Woodstock Nation, p. 69, 1969
- When he meets pushers of smack and speed, as he does not infrequently in his profession, he attempts to convince them that it is a vile and murderous act to peddle chemicals which can ultimately only destroy their imbibers. — Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction, p. 58, 1971
- That’s why there ain’t a repo man I know that don’t take speed. — Repo Man, 1984
- I tell you I’ve seen a roomful of cops who had no idea what speed was. “Amphetamine? What the fuck is amphetamine?” — Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything, 1990
- [As a sop to their pillhead fans [in 1967, the Small Faces] went on Top Of The Pops and sang, “Here comes the nice–he knows what I need–he’s always there when I need some speed.” The drug squad were too preoccupied to notice. — Simon Napier-Bell, Black Vinyl White Powder, p. 93, 2001
- crack cocaine UK
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 282, 2003
- ability in pool US, 1967
- The hustler exploits this fact so as to deceive his opponent as to his (the hustler’s) true level of skill (true “speed”). — Ned Polsky, Hustlers, Beats, and Others, p. 51, 1967
- All hustlers conceal their true speed–or travel below their speed limit–as long as possible, lest they blow their cover or be forced to give weight. — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 27, 1990
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