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straw Theme: DRUGS - MARIJUANA n. marijuana.He stood right on the corner, selling straw by the handful from a bucket at his feet—and nobody even called the cops.This straw is not the best quality I've seen. Theme: DRUGS - PARAPHERNALIA n. papers for rolling marijuana cigarettes.I need some straw.I can't manage the straw with one hand. How do these cowboys do it?
donkey's breakfast n. something made of straw: a straw hat, a straw mattress, etc.I don't really want to sleep on a donkey's breakfast, but it's better than the floor.The tourist was wearing a red dress and had a donkey's breakfast on her head.
straw noun 1 marijuana; a marijuana cigarette. Playing on GRASS or HAY US, 1971. 2 a hat US, 1976
idiomstrawdraw the short strawunlucky to have to do something that no one else wanted to do, especially because you were chosen by chance:Three women have drawn the short straw for Christmas duty at the AA Roadwatch centre this year.Giles drew the short straw, so he will give the first talk.the last/final strawused about the problem that makes you so angry, or makes things so difficult, that you finally decide to change or leave the situation that you are in:When Mandy didn't bother to come home for Christmas dinner, that was the last straw.The final straw, which persuaded the Minister to quit his job, was missing his son's engagement party to attend a meeting in Strasbourg. —compare be the straw that breaks the camel's backbe the straw that breaks the camel's backused about the last in a series of problems, that makes someone unable to deal with a situation:Chavez had often experienced racism, but this insulting treatment was the straw that broke the camel's back.Although the stress of living in a city may not cause mental illness, it can be the straw that breaks the camel's back. —compare the last/final straw
straw1. n. marijuana. (Drugs.) He stood right on the corner, selling straw by the handful from a bucket at his feet—and nobody even called the cops. This straw is not the best quality I’ve seen. 2. n. papers for rolling marijuana cigarettes. (Drugs.) I can’t manage the straw with one hand. How do these cowboys do it? - A drowning man will clutch at a straw
- a man of straw
- a straw in the wind
- bang straw
- be the final straw
- be the last straw
- be the last/final straw
- buy straw hats in winter
- called to straw
- catch at (a) straw(s)
- clutch at a straw
- clutch at straws
- clutch/grasp at straws
- draw straws
- draw straws for
- draw straws for (something)
- draw the short straw
- grasp at a straw
- grasp at straws
- grasp at straws, to
- grasping at straws
- have straws in (one's) hair
- It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back
- last straw
- last straw, the
- make bricks without straw
- man of straw
- not care two straws
- not care two straws (about something)
- not worth a damn
- not worth a straw
- straw
- straw boss
- straw in the wind
- straw man
- straw poll
- straw that stirs the drink
- straw vote
- straw(s) in the wind
- straws in (one's) hair
- straws in your hair
- stumble at a straw
- take a straw poll
- the final straw
- the last straw
- the short straw
- the straw that breaks the camel's back
- the straw that breaks the donkey's back
- the straw that broke the camel's back
- the straw that broke the donkey's back
- throw straws against the wind
- You cannot make bricks without straw
- you can't make bricks without straw
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