red devil

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red devil (plural red devils)

  1. (slang) A capsule of secobarbital sodium, especially when used as a recreational drug.
    Synonyms: red, redbird
    • 1964 June 16, “Charges Changed in Brothers’ Cases”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3:
      Police said they acted on a tip, arrested the brothers at home and confiscated some “red devil” (barbiturate) capsules.
    • 1967, Iceberg Slim [Robert Beck], Trick Baby: The Story of a White Negro, New York, NY: Cash Money Content, →ISBN:
      He snapped his fingers and said, “Jack, you're lucky. I just remembered, my sick old man is got some red devils from a script at his pad. But the pad is way out on Hundred-and-six Street and Massie Avenue.[”]

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red devil

  1. an undetermined species of spider, reddish in color, used in spider fighting