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midnight oil

midnight oil noun: the drug opium.

Noun

midnight oil (uncountable)

  1. (slang) The drug opium.
    Synonyms:
    aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, Chinese tobacco, dopium, dream gun, dream stick, fi-do-nie, gee, God's medicine
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: lamp oil burned at midnight.

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Questions about midnight oil

What does midnight oil mean?
Midnight oil means the drug opium.
What part of speech is midnight oil?
Midnight oil is a noun.

Words near midnight oil in the dictionary

  1. midnight mass
  2. midnight masses
  3. midnight movie
  4. midnight movies
  5. midnight munchies
  6. midnight oil
  7. midnight regulation
  8. midnight regulations
  9. midnight run
  10. midnight runner
  11. midnight runners

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