Nevada gas en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
The first gas chamber was used in Nevada, USA on February 8, 1924.
Meanings
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(US, slang, uncountable) Hydrogen cyanide, used in the gas chamber.
In the front seat it had a tank of Nevada gas, cyanide, which the guy driving could turn into the back part without getting it himself.
1935, Raymond Chandler, Nevada Gas, The Library of America, page 166: