red devil

See also: Red Devil

English

Etymology 1

Noun

red devil (plural red devils)

1. (slang) A capsule of secobarbital sodium, especially when used as a recreational drug.

   Synonyms: red, redbird

   • 1964 June 16, “Charges Changed in Brothers’ Cases”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3:

     Police said they acted on a tip, arrested the brothers at home and confiscated some “red devil” (barbiturate) capsules.

   • 1967, Iceberg Slim [Robert Beck], Trick Baby: The Story of a White Negro, New York, NY: Cash Money Content, →ISBN:

     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.[”]

Etymology 2

Noun

red devil (plural red devils)

1. The Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas.

Cebuano

Noun

red devil

1. an undetermined species of spider, reddish in color, used in spider fighting