nose candy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From 1920s.
Meanings
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(slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
You be doing nose candy on the Bowie coke mirror / My girl asked for some, but I pretended not to hear her
1989, “Car Thief”, in Paul's Boutique, performed by Beastie Boys:“[…] I find out that I got Viola Lake under contract for the next five years, no matter what she does; and now I have to learn that she's gone and got herself addicted to nose candy! Oi Gewalt! If I had any hair, I’d tear it!”
1930 October, Anita Loos, “Elmer Bliss Scotches a Scandal”, in Cosmopolitan, page 190:“Okay”—Ben walked to the doorway, then turned—“but if you secretly sniff nose candy while I'm at the office, I don't want to know about it.”
1951 April, Marcelene Cox, “Ask any Woman”, in Ladies' Home Journal, page 232:I told him that it just tasted sort of sugary and fizzy, like Pop Rocks for your nose, and he said, "Hence the name nose-candy, baby!"
2002, Joe Babcock, The Tragedy Of Miss Geneva Flowers, →ISBN, page 142:Except for the nose candy, I'm addicted to all of them, to a greater or lesser degree.
1999, Les Roberts, A Shoot in Cleveland, →ISBN, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nose-candy | alternative | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
white girl · girl · California corn flakes · booger sugar · party powder · yayo · white lady · wash · charlie · benzoylmethylecgonine · rock · yay · boots · nose powder · powder · white · rocks · snuff · marching powder · Bolivian marching powder · snow · sniff · toot · crystals · hard white · corinne · slim · yola · nose candy · blow · flake · coke · nose beer · ching