angel dust

angel dust

noun Slang.
phencyclidine.
Origin:
1965–70

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angel dust
 
—n
a slang name for PCP

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Medical Dictionary

angel dust an·gel dust (ān'jəl)
n.
Phencyclidine.

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Slang Dictionary

angel dust definition


and angel hair; dust of angels
  1. n.
    the common name for phencyclidine (PCP). (Originally drugs.) : I thought that angel hair and stuff like that was a problem of the sixties. , He had a bit of a problem with some “dust of angels.” It almost killed him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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