cocaine

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He began to think that the cocaine was after all going to fit in with the incidents of that night Walter Hine and my father were going up to bed.

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  1. noun A colorless or white crystalline alkaloid, C17H21NO4, extracted from coca leaves, sometimes used in medicine as a local anesthetic especially for the eyes, nose, or throat and widely used as an illicit drug for its euphoric and stimulating effects.

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  • Guinea-Bissau is a major transit point for Latin American cocaine headed for Europe and some army officials are known to have become involved in the trade, our correspondent says. —  British Blogs
  • Flores estimated the street value of the cocaine was about $1,200 and the cocaine would sell for about $4,510. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
  • Then, in 1983, a sting revealed John on tape saying "this cocaine is as good as gold," referring to a suitcase full of drugs valued at $24 million. —  Business Pundit
  • He began to think that the cocaine was after all going to fit in with the incidents of that night Walter Hine and my father were going up to bed. —  Running Water
  • Asian heroin, Latin American cocaine, and European-produced synthetic drugs —  The 2000 CIA World Factbook
 

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  1. French cocaïne, from coca, coca, from Spanish; see coca.

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  1. from coca + -ine.
 

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/ˈkoʊkəɪn/
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