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devil's dandruff

devil's dandruff noun: cocaine.

Noun

devil's dandruff (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Cocaine.
    • I settled back to life at The House of Queens trying to behave myself and keep off the devil's dandruff, but started getting frequent messages left on the answerphone from an English guy called Steve Bailey.2012, Pat Van den Hauwe, Terry Venables, Howard Kendall, Psycho Pat - The Autobiography of Pat Van den Hauwe, →ISBN
    • A snort or two of devil's dandruff has re-erected the Mighty Quinn from his emotional crash earlier, so all four of us have come clubbing.2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 160

Questions about devil's dandruff

What does devil's dandruff mean?
Devil's dandruff means cocaine.
What part of speech is devil's dandruff?
Devil's dandruff is a noun.

Words near devil's dandruff in the dictionary

  1. devil's corkscrews
  2. devil's cotton
  3. devil's cream
  4. devil's cucumber
  5. devil's cut
  6. devil's dandruff
  7. devil's darning needle
  8. devil's darning needles
  9. devil's delight
  10. devil's doorbell
  11. devil's doorbells

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