minstrel n.
(drugs) Durophet.
Drug Scene in Grt Britain 115: Minstrel (black and white) – Durophet. | et al.||
Drugs from A to Z (1970) 47: black and tan, black and white, black and white minstrel (from the colour) durophet capsules, 12.5 milligrams. [Ibid.] 191: nigger minstrel [...] durophet capusles. | ||
Underground Dict. (1972) 34: black and white minstrel. [...] 12.5 mg. capsule of an amphetamine and a sedative. | ||
‘Prison Language’ in Michaels & Ricks (1980) 526: Amphetamine-barbiturate mixtures seem to have spawned a particularly vivid range of nicknames and images, often arising from the appearance or color of capsules in which they are taken. These include [...] black and white minstrel, [...] nigger minstrel, [etc.]. | ||
Lowspeak 104: Nigger minstrel – Durophet capsule. |