"sherm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃɜː(ɹ)m/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sherm.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sherms [plural]
Etymology: From Nat Sherman, a cigarette brand and former tobacco store in New York City, which used to be the most popular brand to dip in PCP, because unlike most other cigarettes, they didn't fall apart when wet. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sherm (countable and uncountable, plural sherms)
  1. (uncountable, slang) The drug phencyclidine (PCP). Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sherm-en-noun-iZI-cVUK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 14 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 76 11 13
  2. (countable, slang) A cigarette soaked in PCP. Tags: countable, slang
    Sense id: en-sherm-en-noun-Rio1TCj3
  3. (slang, derogatory) A degenerate; a person not worthy of respect. Tags: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sherm-en-noun-mU0IhkTb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sherm-head, shermhead

Inflected forms

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