| 词组 | Charlie; charlie |
| 释义 | Charlie; charlie noun 1 cocaine. The phonetic alphabet has 'Charlie' for 'C' in use from around the same time that 'charlie' for 'cocaine' first appears. Also spelt 'charley' US, 1935. 2 crack cocaine UK, 2000. 3 a member of the Viet Cong US, 1965. 4 the Viet Cong US, 1966. 5 a fool. Often as 'a right charlie' or 'a proper charlie'. Possibly a reduction of CHARLIE HUNT (a CUNT) somewhat softened, or simply a jocular nomination, perhaps referring to a professional fool such as Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) UK, 1959. 6 a white man, or white men in general US, 1928. 7 a woman. Short for CHARLIE WHEELER (a woman) AUSTRALIA, 1942. 8 a female prostitute AUSTRALIA, 1950. 9 the bleed period of the menstrual cycle AUSTRALIA, 2002. 10 a glass or bottle of Carlsberg™ lager. Used by the British Army in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s. Noted by Beale, 1974 UK, 1974. 11 a dollar US, 1924. 12 in poker, the third player to the left of the dealer US, 1988.► go to see Uncle Charlieto use cocaine, especially to go to a lavatory for discreet ingestion of the drug UK, 2001 |
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