nose drops

nose drops
noun
street names for heroin
Syn: ↑big H, ↑hell dust, ↑smack, ↑thunder, ↑skag, ↑scag
Usage Domain: ↑street name
Hypernyms: ↑heroin, ↑diacetylmorphine

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noun plural
: a medicated liquid instilled into the nostrils with a medicine dropper

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medication applied through the nostrils with a dropper.
[1940-45]

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nose drops,
liquid medicine administered in drops put in the nose especially to make breathing through the nose easier.

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