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 n.— «Under questioning by District Attorney David O’Leary and Peterson, Bier said Gardner believed the powder was cocaine, possibly just from looking at it, but that at the jail he understood it to be heroin based on hearing others refer to it as “boy” which is street terminology for heroin.» —“Inmates face drug, homicide charges” by Jen Scherer Beloit Daily News (Wisc.) May 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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