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Scotland on Sunday choose

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[Scot] Scotland on Sun. Mag. 7 Nov. 17: When I started taking drugs, I was smoking heroin, chasing the dragon.
at chase the dragon, v.
[Scot] Scotland on Sunday mag. 7 Nov. 17: If I didn’t take heroin, I would be on the floor conked out with the skitters, shaking, being sick, hot and cold sweats.
at conked (out), adj.
[Scot] Scotland on Sun. Mag. 7 Nov. 19: My head’s done in with it.
at do in, v.
[Scot] Scotland on Sun. Mag. 7 Nov. 16: Friday night down the drag.
at drag, n.1
[Scot] Scotland on Sun. mag. 7 Nov. 18: The women take the flak from both the law and the punters.
at flak, n.
[Scot] Scotland on Sun. mag. 7 Nov. 17: It made me sick all the time but it was being stoned and the gauching (totally relaxed, slumped forwards) I liked, the relaxed feeling through my entire body.
at gouch (out), v.
[Scot] Scotland on Sun. Mag. 7 Nov. 19: BMWs. Flashy American jobs. Ordinary family saloons.
at job, n.2
[Scot] Scotland on Sunday Mag. 7 Nov. 19: I kid on this doesn’t bother me but it kills me.
at kid on (v.) under kid, v.
[Scot] Scotland on Sun. Mag. 7 Nov. 16: 95% of Glasgow’s prostitutes are injecting drug addicts. That’s why they sway [...] That’s why they tremble. Rattling they call it. They need a hit.
at rattle, v.
[Scot] Scotland on Sunday Mag. 7 Nov. 17: I would be on the floor, conked out with the skitters, shaking, being sick.
at skitters, the, n.
[Scot] Scotland on Sun. Mag. 7 Nov. 7: It was seen as an easy touch, where you could buy acres of land and draughty houses for the price of a garage in Chelsea.
at easy touch (n.) under touch, n.1
[Scot] Scotland on Sunday mag. 7 Nov. 5: But they called me ‘dweeb’ and ‘wetso.’.
at wet, n.
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