bomber n.1
1. (UK Und.) a safebreaker who uses explosives.
Phenomena in Crime 251: Bomber. Cracksmen who can use explosives. |
2. (drugs) a very large and potent cannabis cigarette.
Duke 3: I was saving the bombers. I smoked all the sticks. | ||
On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 383: Gregor proceeded to roll the biggest bomber anyone ever saw. | ||
On The Road (1972) 266: Victor proceeded to roll the biggest bomber anyone ever saw. | ||
Down These Mean Streets (1970) 58: I felt its size. It was king-sized, a bomber. I put it to my lips and began to hiss my reserve away. | ||
Blue Movie (1974) 147: There’s an eight-year old kid in there twisting up hash-bombers big as cigars. | ||
Runnin’ Down Some Lines 171: Roll you some righteous bombers! | ||
Mr Blue 274: I got in the car and fired up a fat joint called a bomber. | ||
Dreamcatcher 398: He held the joint out. It was a bomber. |
3. (drugs, also black ball) a barbiturate or an amphetamine drug.
Guardian 4 Apr. n.p.: I make about £300 a week out of ‘purple hearts’ [...] Then there are the ‘black balls‘ - dexedrine. | ||
Down Among the Meths Men 88: Saw him swallow pocketful of bombers with his wino. | ||
All Night Stand 120: Bombers, black bennies are a different matter, and you could keep going on a bird all bloody night. | ||
Custody 212: ‘Musta been a fuckin’ bomber,’ she smiled, referring to the lude. | ||
Fixx 19: Keep your voice down and dose him up with those nice brightly coloured bombers. | ||
Smiling in Slow Motion (2000) 253: A green temazepam bomber buzzed me into five hours’ sleep. | diary 9 Nov.||
(con. 1981) Dorian 37: ‘What’s he on nowadays?’ [...] ‘Same as ever, five-mil Dexies in the day, tombstones or bombers if he’s out on the razzle.’. | ||
Bloody January 80: He gave the Afghan coat bloke a bomber, took the last one himself. | ||
May God Forgive 90: I’ve got black bombers, sulph, mandies, couple of tabs left—’. |
4. (S.Afr.) a fast train.
(con. 1950s) My Life 105: Next morning I was on the ten past six ‘bomber’ to Mayfair. In the train I was a pathetic case. |
5. (Scot. drugs) a piece of burning tobacco and/or cannabis falling from the end of a cigarette.
Young Team 4: We’re aw watchin fur him hoggin the joint, but he passes it over [...] orange bombers fallin fae the tip. |
In phrases
(drugs) strong (20mg) capsules of Durophet (amphetamine), coloured black.
Daily Tel. 16 Oct. 23/1: Police who raided the house found [...] 99 ‘Black Bomber’ pills. | ||
(con. mid-1960s) Glasgow Gang Observed 124: Big Fry tried to impress us with his chemical knowledge: ‘Black Bombers – Perpexedrine or Dexedrine’s the legit’ name’. | ||
‘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 bomber. | ||
(con. 1960s) London Blues 83: He carries black bombers and purple hearts around. | ||
Indep. on Sun. Rev. 19 Mar. 21: Steve would drop black bombers to stay up all night. | ||
Bloody January 78: [W]orking his way through a handful of Black Bombers. | ||
Orphan Road 88: ‘[T]he worst it ever got [...] was a bit of grass and some speed—black bombers, I think you Aussies used to call them’. |