"methedrine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: methedrines [plural]
Etymology: Trade name. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} methedrine (countable and uncountable, plural methedrines)
  1. A brand name for methamphetamine. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: speed, methamphetamine
    Sense id: en-methedrine-en-noun-o-WCtHsR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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          "ref": "1966, Donovan (lyrics and music), “The Trip”, in Sunshine Superman:",
          "text": "And-a all in all, the seagull said / \"As I look to where I've been / The whole wide human race / Has a-taken far too much Methedrine\"",
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          "ref": "1970, William S. Burroughs Jr., Speed, Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, published 1984, →ISBN, page 157:",
          "text": "After three weeks high on methedrine the comedown isn’t necessarily that bad, but the participant’s frame of mind can steer it anywhere from mere exhaustion to suicidal desperation, with hundreds of nefarious variations in between.",
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          "ref": "1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 1053:",
          "text": "A crude and cheap form of combustible methedrine, favored by the same sort of addictive class that sniffs gasoline fumes or coats the inside of a paper bag with airplane glue and puts the bag over their face and breathes until they fall down and start to convulse.",
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          "ref": "2007 May 6, Toni Bentley, “Secrets and Lies”, in New York Times:",
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