stir cake
n.— «“I went and got a shave and cut and came home, kicked it for a minute. About 5 o’clock, I was stirring cake”—a street term for selling drugs, authorities said.» —“New drug sweep nets at least 57″ by H. Gregory Meyer, Carlos Sadovi Chicago Tribune May 21, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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