red devil
noun1
Slang A capsule of secobarbital sodium, especially when used as a recreational drug.
- Police said they acted on a tip, arrested the brothers at home and confiscated some “red devil” (barbiturate) capsules.1964 June 16, “Charges Changed in Brothers’ Cases”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3:
- He snapped his fingers and said, “Jack, you're lucky. I just remembered, my sick old man is got some red devils from a script at his pad. But the pad is way out on Hundred-and-six Street and Massie Avenue.[”]1967, Iceberg Slim [Robert Beck], Trick Baby: The Story of a White Negro, New York, NY: Cash Money Content, →ISBN: