Meaning of Dexedrine | Babel Free

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A brand name for dextroamphetamine.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

“I drank gin-and-hot-water to blunt the pain and took Dexedrine to blunt the gin and wrote the piece.”

“[…]—and then all soaring on—what?—acid, peyote, morning-glory seeds, which were very hell to choke down, billions of bilious seeds mulching out into sodden dandelions in your belly, bloated—but soaring!—or IT-290, or dexedrine, benzedrine, methedrine— Speed!—or speed and grass—[…]”

“Later I learned that the pills were Dexedrine, which Elvis had first discovered in the Army. A sergeant had given several men pills to help them stay awake while on guard duty.”

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