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angel dust

noun

, Slang.


angel dust

noun

  1. a slang name for PCP
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of angel dust1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

“Thanksgiving of 1995, I was at a rave and I overdosed. I was on, oh boy — ecstasy, angel dust, crystal, all kinds of things,” she recalled.

There is an angel dust joke, of all things, and a dig at the “Star Wars” Christmas special.

Mr. Ramsey repeatedly told the parole board that he was innocent, having been convicted on the word of a single witness who admitted he had spent the day smoking angel dust.

Friends said that before his death, Mr. Prude had begun to rely more heavily on the drug PCP, also known as angel dust, which can cause erratic behavior.

His brother said Mr. Prude was high on PCP, also known as angel dust, and officers found him incoherent and naked in the street.

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