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hype tank noun a jail holding cell reserved for drug addicts US, 1964- He remembered the hype tank. It was the coldest tank in the city prison, and it was deliberately kept that way. — Malcolm Braly, Shake Him Till He Rattles, p. 94, 1963
- They put me in the hype tank, I guess, because they saw the tracks (from hypodermic needles) on my arms. — San Francisco News Call-Bulletin, p. 3, 17 February 1964
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