"dexy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1967, Ken Kolb, Getting Straight, Chilton Books, page 88:",
          "text": "Jake popped a dexy into his mouth, chewed it like a peanut, then offered the prescription bottle to Harry, who declined.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1970, Albert Govoni, A Boy Named Cash, Lancer Books, page 154:",
          "text": "You could be bone tired, out on your feet, and a “dexy” would snap you out of your lethargy in minutes, fill you with pep and energy. It seemed like everyone in Hollywood was on dexys.",
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          "ref": "1985, Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Elvis and Me, Putnam, →ISBN, page 152:",
          "text": "During the last month before finals, I started popping more dexies than before. They seemed to give me the energy I needed to get through classes and homework.",
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          "ref": "1998, Jeffery Deaver, The Coffin Dancer, New York, NY: Pocket Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 285:",
          "text": "“Whatchu got, man?”\n“Reds, bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.”\n“Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?”",
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        "A tablet of dexedrine."
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        "(slang, usually in the plural) A tablet of dexedrine."
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          "text": "During the last month before finals, I started popping more dexies than before. They seemed to give me the energy I needed to get through classes and homework.",
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          "text": "“Whatchu got, man?”\n“Reds, bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.”\n“Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?”",
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