game

game
 n.— «Huntingtonnews.net has been looking into this and we’ve interviewed people who have knowledge of how the “game” is played. That’s what some addicts call the search for heroin and the injecting of it.» —“Huntington’s Heroin Habit” by Tony Seaton Huntington News (West Virginia) Jan. 25, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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