cutie pie
n.— «In one conversation, Moore talked about a cutie pie, slang for 9 ounces of cocaine. Moore: “I’m at Pacman’s house. I’m just laying around…“ Caller: “I’m just wondering if I could get a cutie pie from you” Moore: “Yeah I got it yeah I can do that…give me about an hour”» —“Recordings Link Pacman To Drug Dealer” WTVF-TV (Nashville, Tennessee) Feb. 27, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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