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Meaning of red devil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. someone connected with Manchester United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
  2. A capsule of secobarbital sodium, especially when used as a recreational drug.
    slang
  3. The Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas.

Examples

“Police said they acted on a tip, arrested the brothers at home and confiscated some “red devil” (barbiturate) capsules.”
“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.[”]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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