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angel dust

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noun Slang.

phencyclidine.

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Nearby words

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Origin of angel dust

First recorded in 1965–70
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British Dictionary definitions for angel dust

angel dust

noun

a slang name for PCP
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for angel dust

angel dust

[ ān′jəl ]

n.

Phencyclidine.
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