Green’s Dictionary of Slang

onion n.3

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1. (US drugs) 28g (1oz) of marijuana.

[US]‘420 Dict.’ at 420TIMES.COM 🌐.
Three 6 Mafia ‘Now I’m High Pt. 3’ 🎵 Crunk by onion weed.
[US]T.I. ‘24’s’ 🎵 Buy an onion of good.
Slaine ‘When I Shoot You’ 🎵 Dudes got locked up and pinched, pushing onion and raw.

2. 28g (1oz) of cocaine.

[US]Big L ‘Ebonics’ 🎵 Takin’ orders is sunnin’, an ounce of coke is a onion.