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Tuinal

Tuinal noun: a depressant sedative drug comprising two barbituates (secobarbital sodium and amobarbital sodium) in equal quantities, formerly widely used as a recreational drug.

Noun

Tuinal (countable and uncountable, plural Tuinals)

  1. A depressant sedative drug comprising two barbituates (secobarbital sodium and amobarbital sodium) in equal quantities, formerly widely used as a recreational drug.
    • In the cold winter nights, the old town it was chill / But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills / If you didn't have the money, you'd cajole or you'd beg / There was always lots of tuinal on the old main drag.1985, Shane MacGowan, “The Old Main Drag”, in Rum Sodomy & the Lash, performed by The Pogues
    • His horror of insomnia, compounded with a family history of compulsive worrying, caused him to down three or four Placidyls, Seconals, Quaaludes, or Tuinals almost every night—and often it was a combination of all four.1985, Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Elvis and Me, Putnam, →ISBN, page 151

Forms of Tuinal

pluralTuinals

Origin of Tuinal

Proprietary name.

Questions about Tuinal

What does Tuinal mean?
Tuinal means a depressant sedative drug comprising two barbituates (secobarbital sodium and amobarbital sodium) in equal quantities, formerly widely used as a recreational drug.
What part of speech is Tuinal?
Tuinal is a noun.
What is the plural of Tuinal?
The plural of Tuinal is Tuinals.

Words near Tuinal in the dictionary

  1. tuille
  2. tuilles
  3. tuillette
  4. tuillettes
  5. tuina
  6. Tuinal
  7. Tuinals
  8. Tuinstra
  9. Tuinstras
  10. TUIO
  11. tuis

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