dust head
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dust head
First recorded in 1975–80; (angel) dust + head (in the sense “habitual user of a drug”)
Example Sentences
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Sounding a baby outcry of fear, he scurried ahead at breakneck speed, frantic heels tossing up tiny spurts of dust, head stretched forward–and thus soon caught up.
From Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance by Horton, Marcus
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