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scag

American  
[skag] / skæg /
Or skag

noun

Slang.

  1. heroin.

scag 1 British  
/ skæɡ /

noun

  1. a tear in a garment or piece of cloth

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verb

  1. (tr) to make a tear in (cloth)

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scag 2 British  
/ skæɡ /

noun

  1. a slang name for heroin

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Etymology

Origin of scag

First recorded in 1965–70; of obscure origin; compare earlier scag cigarette butt

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And, according to government chemists at the sparkling new labs in the capital’s Estonian Forensic Science Institute, it is anywhere between 100 and a thousand times stronger than the scag it replaced.

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