Chemmie

Quick meaning: Chemmie is a noun meaning Alternative form of chemmy (“the card game called chemin de fer”).

Meaning

Alternative form of chemmy (“the card game called chemin de fer”).

More Meanings

1. (slang, rare) A chemical, especially a recreational drug.

Example Sentences

Within the next week he gave up all the rest of his chemmies: the wakers and dozers, the vim-pills, the breeze capsules. Bottle after bottle vanished down the recycling chute.

And then the opera would be over, the tourists go home from their mild game of chemmie, and as the hour approached one the heavy gamblers would gather, like communicants of some esoteric faith about to celebrate their ritual.

“You're walking in your sleep.” / She looked about in confusion, then crossed arms over her chest. “Oh, my.” / “You aren't on anything, are you?” / The confusion in her eyes gave way to indignation. “I'd never touch a chemmie during mission, sir.”

I'd picked up enough earlier to know that she was involved in some huge and maybe seriously dangerous deal involving several of the larger Central American countries her companies controlled and, whisper went, some nukes or chemmies, depending who you heard.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for chemmie

Depending on context, synonyms include drug, dope, gear, horse, stuff, substance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include meth, chef, drughead, stinker, schmeck, junkie.

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