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livener noun- a dose of cocaine UK
Abbreviated from conventional “enlivener”, ascribing to cocaine the bracing attributes of a pick-me-up; an earlier (late C19) use was as “the first drink of the day”. - There was a decent little stack [of cocaine] there, enough for a bump now and another livener in an hour or so. — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 128, 1999
- any alcoholic drink that serves as a pick-me-up UK, 1887
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