Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nose candy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: nose -can-dy
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“[…] I find out that I got Viola Lake under contract for the next five years, no matter what she does; and now I have to learn that she's gone and got herself addicted to nose candy! Oi Gewalt! If I had any hair, I’d tear it!”"
"“Okay”—Ben walked to the doorway, then turned—“but if you secretly sniff nose candy while I'm at the office, I don't want to know about it.”"
"You be doing nose candy on the Bowie coke mirror / My girl asked for some, but I pretended not to hear her"
"Except for the nose candy, I'm addicted to all of them, to a greater or lesser degree."
"I told him that it just tasted sort of sugary and fizzy, like Pop Rocks for your nose, and he said, "Hence the name nose-candy, baby!""

Etymology

From 1920s.

Usage

Inflected Forms

nose-candy (alternative)

Phrases

ear candy eye candy

Frequently Paired Words

ear candy eye candy

Synonyms

benzoylmethylecgonine blow Bolivian marching powder booger sugar boots California corn flakes charlie ching coke corinne crystals flake

Questions

What does nose candy mean?: Cocaine.
Where does nose candy come from?: From 1920s.

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