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upsies

upsies noun: synonym of party pills.

Noun

upsies pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, rare, slang) Synonym of party pills.
    • The Rolling Stones cut a record called “Mother’s Little Helpers.’[’] An innocuous title? You bet it was, but the lyrics revealed that “Mother’s Little Helpers” are the “upsies and downsies” that mom takes to get her through the day. The “upsies” are the pep pills she takes when she wakes up and the...1969 March 11, Ed Zuckerman, quotee, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 91ˢᵗ Congress, First Session, volume 115, part 5, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office...
    • Sylvia may not take drugs, but Kim was very into pills—upsies and downsies and in-betweensies.1971, David Freeman, “Sylvia the Hooker”, in U. S. Grant in the City and Other True Stories of Jugglers and Pluggers, Swatters and Whores, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 46
    Synonyms:
    party pills

Examples of upsies in a sentence

  • You bet it was, but the lyrics revealed that “Mother’s Little Helpers” are the “upsies and downsies” that mom takes to get her through the day.1969 March 11, Ed Zuckerman, quotee, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 91ˢᵗ Congress, First Session, volume 115, part 5...
  • Girls seek release through drinking and pills and dexies and upsies and downsies.1973, Susan Hall, “Individual Entrepreneurs”, in Ladies of the Night (A Prairie House Book), New York, N.Y.: Trident Press, →LCCN, →OCLC...
  • They were selling upsies and downsies to the kids at Denver Springs.” / […] “But if the warden took away the drugs they were selling, why won’t he let them out?”1989 May, Cynthia Felice, Connie Willis, chapter 14, in Light Raid, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 150:

Synonyms of upsies

Origin of upsies

From up + -sies.

Questions about upsies

What does upsies mean?
Upsies means synonym of party pills.
How do you use upsies in a sentence?
You bet it was, but the lyrics revealed that “Mother’s Little Helpers” are the “upsies and downsies” that mom takes to get her through the day.
What part of speech is upsies?
Upsies is a noun.

Words near upsies in the dictionary

  1. upsidedown
  2. Upsidedownland
  3. upsides
  4. upsides with
  5. upsidown
  6. upsies
  7. upsies and downsies
  8. upsighted
  9. upsila
  10. upsiloid
  11. upsilon

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