speedball

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Dalbey said scrubbing the walls with speedball, a de-greaser for treating vandalism, is unpleasant much of the time.

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  1. noun A game resembling soccer but differing mainly in that a ball caught on the fly may be passed with the hands and points may be scored by a forward pass over the goal line.
  2. noun Slang An intravenous dose of cocaine mixed with heroin or an amphetamine.

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