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red devil en · NOUN · etymology 1
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(slang) A capsule of secobarbital sodium, especially when used as a recreational drug.
He snapped his fingers and said, “Jack, you're lucky. I just remembered, my sick old man is got some red devils from a script at his pad. But the pad is way out on Hundred-and-six Street and Massie Avenue.[”]
1967, Iceberg Slim [Robert Beck], Trick Baby: The Story of a White Negro, New York, NY: Cash Money Content, →ISBN:Police said they acted on a tip, arrested the brothers at home and confiscated some “red devil” (barbiturate) capsules.
1964 June 16, “Charges Changed in Brothers’ Cases”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3:
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red · redbird
red devil en · NOUN · etymology 2
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The Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas.
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