nose candy

See also: nose-candy

English

Alternative forms

• nose-candy

Etymology

From 1920s.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nose candy (uncountable)

1. (slang) Cocaine.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cocaine

   • 1930 October, Anita Loos, “Elmer Bliss Scotches a Scandal”, in Cosmopolitan, page 190:

     “ […] I find out that I got Viola Lake under contract for the next five years, no matter what she does; and now I have to learn that she's gone and got herself addicted to nose candy! Oi Gewalt! If I had any hair, I’d tear it!”

   • 1951 April, Marcelene Cox, “Ask any Woman”, in Ladies' Home Journal, page 232:

     “Okay”—Ben walked to the doorway, then turned—“but if you secretly sniff nose candy while I'm at the office, I don't want to know about it.”

   • 1989, “Car Thief”, in Paul's Boutique, performed by Beastie Boys:

     You be doing nose candy on the Bowie coke mirror / My girl asked for some, but I pretended not to hear her

   • 1999, Les Roberts, A Shoot in Cleveland‎^[1], →ISBN, page 1:

     Except for the nose candy, I'm addicted to all of them, to a greater or lesser degree.

   • 2002, Joe Babcock, The Tragedy Of Miss Geneva Flowers‎^[2], →ISBN, page 142:

     I told him that it just tasted sort of sugary and fizzy, like Pop Rocks for your nose, and he said, "Hence the name nose-candy, baby!"

Related terms

• ear candy, eye candy