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Definition of Angel dust

1. Noun. A drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or 'dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen.

Definition of Angel dust

1. Noun. Phencyclidine, a type of dissociative anesthetic. ¹

2. Noun. (Ireland slang) clenbuterol, a banned growth hormone formerly used in animal feedlots. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Angel dust

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abusers by Alfred S. Friedman (1998)
"angel dust: An Ethnographic Study of PCP Users. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1979. Feldman, H. Street status and drug abusers. Society 10, 1973. ..."

2. Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1995 by Estados Unidos Departament of Justice (1996)
"... inhalants, and angel dust were added for the 1979 estimates, Use of crack was added for the 1986 estimates, Used checks illegally-Used checks illegally ..."

3. Island Song Lyrics Volume 2 by Larry W. Jones (2004)
"Lemon Drop Lullaby (1 2/1 7/2002) (#703) Sing a song of angel dust, of islands that can fly Go to sleep, my baby. Baby, don't you cry We will watch the tiki ..."

4. The Poetic Reader: Containing Selections from the Most Approved Authors by Joseph Emerson (1832)
"An angel's dust !-This Lucifer transcends ;11S When he contended for the patriarch's bones, 'Twas not the strife of malice, but of pride ; The strife of ..."

5. The Poetical Works of Edward Young by Edward Young, John Mitford (1854)
"An angel's dust ? — This Lucifer transcends; When he contended for the patriarch's bones, 'Twas not the strife of malice, but of pride; The strife of ..."

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