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Demerol
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˈdɛməɹɒl/ UK
Proper noun
en pharmaceutical drug A marketed brand of the drug pethidine.
en demmie slang
en 1953 w:Raymond Chandler The Long Goodbye 307 Penguin 2010 ‘She must of grabbed some pills. There's half a dozen kinds up there – even demerol.’
en 1956 w:Jess Stearn Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today New York Julian Messner, Inc. r6U6AAAAMAAJ 59 demerol “Anyway, when he came out of Patsy's room, I grabbed him by the arm and said, ‘Gee whiz, doc, haven't you got a couple of pills for me—even demerol?’ ” / Willie broke off to explain. “That's a synthetic. We call them demmies. If you can't buy H or M, why, demmies will do the trick.”
361 Gately doesn’t miss weed much. The shocker-type AA Miracle is he doesn’t much miss the Demerol, either, today.
Anagrams
en deelmor modeler remodel