Synonyms for cocaine

Grammar : Noun

Spell : koh-keyn, koh-keyn

Phonetic Transcription : koʊˈkeɪn, ˈkoʊ keɪn

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Définition of cocaine

Origin : 1874, from Modern Latin cocaine (1856), coined by Albert Niemann of Gottingen University from coca (from Quechua cuca) + chemical suffix -ine (2). A medical coinage, the drug was used 1870s as a local anaesthetic for eye surgery, etc. "It is interesting to note that although cocaine is pronounced as a disyllabic word it is trisyllabic in its formation." [Flood]

noun illegal drug

Example sentences :

The worst of it is that the introduction of the cocaine into my eyes has been of no avail.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

There is also some evidence of an increase in the use of drugs, cocaine and the like.
Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey

At last he took four grains of cocaine and put in sixteen drops of water.
Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown

I suggested to him to sleep and to take food and to reduce the cocaine dose by a fourth.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

He did not connect the fear at all with his misuse of cocaine.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

Now I concentrated my efforts on the reduction of the cocaine.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

Cocaine is possibly the most insidious of all drugs yet known.
Extract from : « Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why » by Martha M. Allen

"They say there's a deal of cocaine taken in the States now," said the captain.
Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham

That a man with two shots of cocaine in him could lick Jack Dempsey.
Extract from : « The American Credo » by George Jean Nathan

The uneasiness and erratic movements of a user of cocaine was in her manner.
Extract from : « The Lady Doc » by Caroline Lockhart

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