pill dough

pill dough
 n.— «Cannelton Sgt. Eric Dickenson said he stopped Nugent’s red Ford Mustang on Indiana 66 because one of the car’s headlights was not working. During his search, Dickenson found loose cold tablets in a plastic bag and another bag filled with crushed pills, often known as “pill dough.” Cold tablets containing ephedrine and peseudoephedrine are key ingredients in making the drug.» —“Tell City men arrested on meth charges” in Cannelton Perry County News (Tell City, Indiana) Dec. 5, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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