Meaning of fairy dust | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A magical powder that would give the power of flight to whoever it was sprinkled on.
   uncountable
2. Any apparently magical ingredient or effect; a panacea.
   broadly, uncountable
3. The drug phencyclidine.
   slang, uncountable

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Examples

“Of course Peter had been trifling with them, for no one can fly unless the fairy dust has been blown on him.”

“It's not that some magic private sector fairy dust makes the firms all be runs^([sic]) soundly. Lots of bad businesses are out there. But they tend to lose money and close.”

“This led to a certain amount of complacency on my part and certainly the fairy dust and mescaline cocktails I took day and night could only have contributed to my uncommonly satiated drive for a good fuck.”

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