Definition of Hell dust

1. Noun. Street names for heroin.

Exact synonyms: Big H, Nose Drops, Scag, Skag, Smack, Thunder
Generic synonyms: Diacetylmorphine, Heroin
Language type: Street Name

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hell Dust

hell's bells
hell's teeth
hell-bent
hell-diver
hell-divers
hell-for-leather
hell-hole
hell-holes
hell-hound
hell-hounds
hell-kite
hell-raiser
hell-rooster
hell and half of Georgia
hell and tommy
hell dust (current term)
hell for leather
hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
hell hound
hell hounds
hell on earth
hell on wheels
hell or high water
hell raising
hell to pay
hell west and crooked
hella-
hellacious
hellaciously
hellbender

Literary usage of Hell dust

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knights of the Cross: By Henryk Sienkiewiez ... Authorized and by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1900)
"All these sounds were mingled in one ghastly roar which was as terrifying as if the damned had torn free on a sudden from the abyss of hell. Dust rose and ..."

2. John Littlejohn, of J.: Being in Particular an Account of His Remarkable by George Morgan (1896)
"... we saw Sir Lounsbury Asquith come up hot-foot, and heard him cry out, " Sprinkle your flints with grit, and lay hell-dust in your pans! Come on! ..."

3. Man: His Present and Future ...by Herbert McClellan Riggle by Herbert McClellan Riggle (1904)
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