sneeze n.1
1. the nose.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Dict. of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, etc. | |
| Sl. and Its Analogues. |
2. (US drugs) a portion of a powdered narcotic, e.g. cocaine.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Adventures of Jimmie Dale (1918) II xi: ‘Well, den, wot’s in it fer me?’ [...] ‘More’n de price of a coke sneeze!’ returned the Magpie. | |
| ‘Heaven’ 🎵 I got cheese boy, I’m sellin niggaz sneeze boy. |
3. (US prison) pepper, esp. red pepper.
| Maledicta V:1+2 (Summer + Winter) 267: Salt and pepper are glitter and sneeze. The latter term is especially applied to red pepper, which is contraband in some prisons for fear that it will be used to blind a person temporarily. |
SE in slang uses
In compounds
a snuffbox.
| Oliver Twist (1966) 390: To think of Jack Dawkins – lummy Jack – the Dodger – the Artful Dodger – going abroad for a common two-penny-halfpenny sneeze-box! | |
| Ravenshoe II 89: ‘What is cly-faking,’ said Charles. ‘Why, a-prigging of wipes, and sneeze-boxes, and ridicules, and such.’. |
(UK Und.) a thief who temporarily blinds a victim by throwing snuff in their face and then robs them as they stagger around blindly.
| , | | Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. |
| , , | | Sl. Dict. |
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![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Aus. Sl. Dict. 77: Sneezelurker, one who throws snuff in one’s face and then robs him. |
(S.Afr.) an appliance for the dispersal of tear gas and other crowd-breaking irritants carried by army and police vehicles.
 | Indian Police Journal 69: South African police on June 11 unveiled what they believe will be the ultimate anti-riot weapon—a sneeze machine. | |
| Education and Development: A Collection of Papers 197: The sneeze machine which sprays a mixture of talcum powder and teargas onto unruly crowds. | |
| The General 224: On the Cape Flats, roads were barricaded, stones were thrown, and the police dispersed crowds with a ‘sneeze machine,’ which sprayed tear gas through a huge funnel mounted on the back of truck. | |
| Policing for a New S. Afr. 55: SAP documentation waxes lyrically about ‘scientific’ innovations – for example, the first use of a ‘sneeze’ machine to control ‘riots’ in Soweto. | |
| Women in S. Afr. Hist. 304: The police seemed determined to disrupt the funeral – they fired shots and used the sneeze machine to disperse mourners. |
(US Und.) an automobile.
| Sorrows of a Show Girl Ch. xvi: Look out for that car! Gee, those cars are bad enough without being mashed up more by some sneeze wagon. | |
| Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). |
In phrases
(Aus.) a quick act of sexual intercourse.
| Breaking Out 63: The general Australian male’s regard for women and a quick horizontal handshake, or sneeze in the loins. |